Day: November 2, 2023

Year-on-year growth in industrial production

Compared with the last year’s corresponding period, the industrial production in Montenegro increased by 9.1 percent in the third quarter. “Compared with the third quarter of 2022, the mining and quarrying industry and the processing industry increased by 17.5 percent…

Govеrnment puts forward bill to regulate lobbying in Croatia for first time

The government on Thursday sent to parliament a bill on lobbying, which will regulate lobbying in Croatia for the first time and envisages the establishment of a public register of lobbyists at the Conflict of Interest Commission. The bill regulates…

Athens, Bulgarian Commerce & Industry Chambers sign memorandum of collaboration

A memorandum of collaboration was signed recently by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA) and the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) in Athens. The MoC was signed by EBEA President Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou and BCCI President Tsvetan…

Trade Union Expert Identifies Employment as One of Western Balkans’ Weak Spots

Addressing an international trade union conference on Thursday, Veselin Mitov, International Secretary of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour, said employment is one of the weak spots of the countries of the Western Balkans. There is a large informal sector, a…

High Representative warns UN of unprecedented attacks against Peace Agreement

High Representative Christian Schmidt submitted his regular report to the United Nations Secretary-General, noting developments relevant to the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 16 April through 15 October 2023….

Türkiye’s ‘Conqueror’ drillship preparing for future missions

Türkiye’s first drillship Fatih (Conqueror), with its discoveries of huge natural gas reserves in recent years, is currently preparing for drillings at Filyos port in the city of Zonguldak in northwestern Türkiye, where it is temporarily anchored for routine maintenance….

‘Voice is Essential’ NFT collection dedicated to broadcaster Radio Romania released on platform ICI D|Services

The NFT collection ‘Voice is Essential’ was released on Wednesday on the platform ICI D|Services, the first European platform for institutional NFT trading, during the Radio Romania Gala dedicated to the celebration of 95 years of uninterrupted service of the…

Albanian bodybuilder Marjan Hoxhaj declared world champion

Albania has recorded a world champion on the first day of the world fitness and bodybuilding championship that is taking place in Santa Susanna, Barcelona, Spain on October 31 to November 6. The athlete from Durrës Marjan Hoxhaj was declared…

Chevron President in Cyprus as deadline over Aphrodite development plan expires

Clay Neff, Chevron’s president for Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production, will visit Cyprus on Friday, just a few days before the expiration of the deadline for negotiations with the Cypriot government on the dispute over the revised development…

Kurti: To preserve the community we must fight discrimination

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, on the second day of the Western Balkans Summit, has pledged to work to defeat racism and fight inequality. Kurti told those present that in order to preserve the community they must fight…

18 arrests for mafia infiltration at Caivano

Italian police on Wednesday arrested 18 people in a probe into suspected Camorra mafia clan infiltration in the crime-ridden Naples area town of Caivano, which hit the headlines and prompted government action after the teen gang rape of two cousins…

Kostadinovska-Stojchevska: Cultural activities within U.S. Strategic Dialogue in advanced stage

The Macedonian-American Alumni Association (MAAA) organized a forum on the North Macedonia-United States Strategic Dialogue at the Skopje-based Daut Pasha Hammam on Wednesday, at which senior officials from the Government and the State Department, alongside MAAA members, discussed the possibilities…