Day: October 18, 2023

It’s key for security services to monitor situation, says Plenković

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday it was key that all Croatian security services closely monitor the security situation following recent attacks in Belgium and Sweden after Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel. The Security and Intelligence Agency has said…

Zugic: CBCG provides impetus to the region’s EU integration efforts

According to Governor of the Central bank (CBCG) Radoje Zugic, the CBCG is giving impetus to the region’s integration into the EU through the intensive activities it carries out in the field of further modernisation of payment systems and dedicated…

CNA: Interior Minister to express to EU partners concern over increased refugees’ flows

Cyprus Minister of the Interior will express to his EU counterparts the deep worry about the possibility of increased flows of refugees from the conflict areas in the Eastern Mediterranean to the EU countries and particularly the frontline member states….

Romania participating in Frankfurt International Book Fair 2023

This year again, Romania participates in the Frankfurt International Book Fair taking place Wednesday through Sunday with a stand organized by the Ministry of Culture, which will host meetings between publishers, literary agents, as well as public readings, events with…

Finance Minister Vassilev Speaks to Financial Times about New Gas Transit Fee

The Finance Ministry in a press release on Tuesday quoted an article by the Financial Times about the new fee imposed by Bulgaria on the transit of Russian natural gas. Here are some takeaways from the article. Bulgaria has imposed…

Albania will host 70th meeting of UNWTO Commission for Europe in coming spring

During the meeting of the Commission for Europe of the World Tourism Organization, Albania has officially taken over the commitment to organize this event in Tirana next spring. Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro wrote about this in a…

Greek GDP up 5.6% in 2022, revised data

Greek GDP grew 5.6% in 2022 compared with 2021, according to revised data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority on Wednesday. More specifically, final consumption spending grew 6.2% (household spending rose 7.6% and general government spending rose 2.1%). Import of…

Sarrazin for KosovaPress: There should be a new push forward in the dialogue; the parties should be constructive

Germany’s Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Manuel Sarrazin, tells KosovaPress that there should be a new push in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, after the terrorist attack in Banjska of Zveçan on September 24. A few days before the visit of…

1 of 3 missing Italo-Israelis dead

Evitar Moshe Kipnis, one of three Italo-Israelis missing since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, is dead, local sources told ANSA Tuesday. His wife, Liliach Le Havron, disappeared with him from the Beeri kibbutz, where 108 bodies were found….

“Humanitarian Response 2023” – earthquake first aid simulation exercise

The Red Cross will realize Wednesday an earthquake first aid simulation exercise titled “Humanitarian Response 2023” in the Skopje City Park, under the auspices of President Stevo Pendarovski. The exercise is held within the observances of the 60th anniversary from…