ABNA-SE

The Association of the Balkan News Agencies

Year: 2023

Cross-border unit for emergency situations becomes operational in Maramures county

A cross-border unit for emergency situations synchronized with the one in the Ukrainian region Transcarpatia has become operational in the Baia Mare City, Maramures county, according to the prefect of this county, Rudolf Stauder. “We are glad to announce the…

Mitsotakis: The startup ecosystem and new technologies change Greece’s production model

Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, participated on Monday evening in a discussion with Neil Rimer, co-founder of the Index Ventures company, as part of an event organized by Endeavor Greece entitled “Greece and the world of 2024.” The prospects of the…

Albania’s GDP grows 3.46 % in Q3, 2023

Albania’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an annual 3.46% in the third quarter of 2023, up from 3.23% year-on-year in the second quarter, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said in its quarterly economic growth report on Friday. On…

Bulgarian President Radev Visits NATO Force Base in Kosovo

During his visit to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) on Saturday, President Rumen Radev addressed the the Bulgarian contingent at the base: “The deterioration of the security environment in a regional, global plan requires action accordingly, and you are here on…

Kurti: Support for students will increase every year

The Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has stated that the Government of Kosovo this year has financially supported students with 3 million euros in five different scholarship schemes, at all levels, and that this support will increase every year because they…

Babes-Bolyai University implementing 1.4-million-euro project on oceanic and atmospheric flow

Babes-Bolyai University (UBB) of Cluj-Napoca is implementing a 1.4-million-euro project, funded under the National Resilience and Recovery Plan, on the essential interactions between oceans and the atmosphere. “Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (UBB) is implementing 11 projects funded under PNRR’s Component…

Private universities could begin operating in Greece for the 2025-26 academic year, says Pierrakakis

Private educational institutions could launch their operation in Greece from the 2025-2026 academic year, “in any case by the end of this government’s tenure”, said Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis in an interview on ALPHA TV on Wednesday evening. The Greek…

Preliminary General Government fiscal results indicate surplus for 3Q

The preliminary General Government fiscal results indicate a surplus of €720,0 mln for the period of July-September 2023. According to a press release by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the preliminary General Government fiscal results, which are prepared by the…

R&D investments in 2022 account for 0.65% of GDP

A total of HRK 3.35 billion (€446.6В million) of budgetary funds was spent on research and development (R&D) in Croatia in 2022, which puts the share of state budget funds for R&D in GDP at 0.65%,В show data from the Croatian Bureau of…

Gross revenues amount to €42 million

According to representatives of the Airports of Montenegro, this year’s gross revenues of this company amount to €42 million, 35 percent more compared to the same period last year. Chairman of the Board of Directors Eldin Dobardzic stated that the…

Türkiye welcomes 2.5M foreign tourists in November

Türkiye attracted 2.5 million foreign tourists in November, falling 1% at an annualized pace, according to data from the Culture and Tourism Ministry on Friday. The figure exceeded its pre-pandemic period level of 2.2 million in November 2019, the ministry…

Osmani on EU measures towards Kosovo: There is a tendency to condition them with the Association

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has said that there is a tendency on the part of some people in the European Union that the removal of punitive measures against Kosovo be conditional on the implementation of dialogue agreements with…