Prime Minister Denkov, Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Issue Joint Statement on Bulgaria’s Schengen Accession
Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel issued a joint statement, stating that Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen and the lifting of air and sea border controls at the end of March 2024 is a huge step forward…
How much do citizens spend and where will they spend the happiest night of the year?
Celebrating the new year is a special feeling, but for the majority of citizens it is not celebrated the same as in previous years. Citizens say they don’t spend much because of the difficult economic conditions. However, several different restaurants…
Albania completes its two-year term in the UN Security Council, Hasani: A dignified performance
Albania successfully completed the two-year term in the UN Security Council. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Igli Hasani, in a video message published this Sunday, described Albania’s performance throughout its 2-year term in the Security Council as…
Freight carriers denounce partial Schengen deal as mere ‘dust in the eyes’
The representatives of the largest freight carriers organization in western Romania consider that the agreement regarding Romania’s partial Schengen admission for sea and air travel is just a hoodwinking move and call on the government to step up actions to…
Forty Santa Clauses row on Thessaloniki waters in 7th Santa Rowing
Some forty members of Thessaloniki’s Friends of the Sea Club (OFT) rowed the city’s coast dressed as Santa Claus, in the spirit of a Christmas tradition known as Santa Rowing. Delighting the many children but also adults who happened to…
18,000 Migrants Detained by Bulgarian Authorities January to November
The Bulgarian authorities detained 18,008 citizens of non-EU countries between January and November 2023, up by 15.4% compared with a year earlier, according to the Interior Ministry’s latest data about the migration situation in Bulgaria. Law enforcers detected 14,599 migrants…
KFOR quadruples its presence in the north, Ulutas: NATO steadfast for stability in the region
The KFOR commander, Ozkan Ulutas, says that they have quadrupled the number of troops in the north after the Serbian aggression of September 24 in Banjska of Zveçan, where police sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed. In an interview for KosovaPress,…
“Trials” of trial photos, ATA and “Marubi” Museum stage an exhibition of unique evidence through 150 portraits
Musine Kokalari, Lef Nosi or Father Anton Harapi are just some of the names among the 150 profiles that appear in an exhibition as rare as it is sensitive and where each of them carries a story to tell. The…
Over 240 refugees from Timisoara Emergency Transit Center, relocated to other states in 2023
241 people from the western Timisoara Emergency Transit Center were relocated this year to other countries such as Norway – 193, Great Britain – 24, The Netherlands – 23, Canada – 1, the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) informed in…
Greece in negotiations with European Commission on ‘green’ transition in shipping
The recent 1-bln euro Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between ONEX SA and ATTICA GROUP creates a new situation in the shipping market with executives characterising ‘historic’ the specific agreement as it may lead, in the near future, to the…
General Government surplus of €1 bln or 3.4% of GDP for January-November ’23
A surplus of €1,000.7 mn, equal to 3.4% of the GDP for the period of January-November 2023 is indicated by the preliminary General Government fiscal results, which are prepared by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT) and published on Friday. For the same…
Request for 5th NRRP installment sent to European Commission
Italy on Friday sent a formal request to the European Commission for payment of the fifth instalment of the post-Covid national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP), the premier’s office at Palazzo Chigi said in a statement. The 52 milestones falling…
