Year: 2024

Christmas Fair at the Brukenthal National Museum, in Sibiu, largest fair organized at a museum in Europe

Christmas at the Palace, which takes place at the Brukenthal National Museum, in Sibiu, Transylvania, is the most important Christmas fair organized in a museum space in Europe, the organizers announced in a press release on Tuesday. “Christmas at the…

Defence Min Dendias: Agenda 2030 envisions a modern system to address challenges

Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias stressed that the “Agenda 2030” provides for a modern system to meet the challenges and a modern and strong Navy. “The most modern and the most powerful in the history of our country,” he…

EU-funded report examines media coverage of human rights defenders in Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO, December 6 (FENA) – The Human Rights Defenders Helpline presented a report with recommendations titled “(In)visibility and (Re)presentation of Human Rights and Their Defenders in the Media and Public Space in BiH.” One of the project’s activities, financed by…

Parliament approves 2025 state budget

ZAGREB, 6 Dec (Hina) – The Croatian Parliament on Friday passed the state budget for 2025, projecting revenues of €33 billion and expenditures of €37 billion. The budget received the support of 76 MPs, while 65 voted against it. The budget, which…

Customs revenues increase by 9.6 percent

Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – In the first eleven months, the Revenue and Customs Administration collected a total of €1.18 billion in gross revenues, €104 million or 9.6 percent more than in the same period last year. “The revenue plan for the…

11 million foreign tourists in 11 months

TIRANA, December 6/ATA/ The National Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in Albania was held today in Tirana with the participation of representatives from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), the World Tourism Organization, the private sector and tourism operators with…

Cyprus – UAE Presidents agree on need for de-escalation initiatives in Syria

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, agreed during a telephone conversation on Friday morning on the need to undertake initiatives and actions that could contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis in Syria,…

Defence Minister Crosetto visits Lebanon

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was in Lebanon on Friday to meet Lebanese government officials and visit Italian troops deployed in the UNIFIL mission, which has come under attack during Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah in the south of the country. “We…

BTA Director General Addresses UBJ Conference on Problems Facing Regional Journalism in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is the only Bulgarian media with a complete and permanent correspondent network, said the agency’s Director General Kiril Valchev during a discussion on Thursday at the Union of Bulgarian Journalists (UBJ) on challenges and problems facing regional…

President and Donald Trump discuss strengthening of bilateral cooperation

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides held a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, during which they expressed common intention to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Cyprus and the US. A written statement by Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis…

Conflict of Interest Commission fines defence minister

ZAGREB, 5 Dec (Hina) – The Conflict of Interest Commission on Thursday fined Defence Minister Ivan Anušić  €1,000 for submitting an incomplete declaration of assets, having failed to report that his wife inherited ownership of eight plots of arable land….

No genocide in Gaza says Tajani

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday that, while he might not agree with how Israel is conducting its war against Hamas in Gaza, what is happening in the enclave does not amount to genocide. Amnesty International said…