Day: January 8, 2024

Pope calls for global ban on surrogacy

Pope Francis on Monday called for the practice of surrogate motherhood to be banned worldwide. “The path to peace demands respect for life, for every human life, starting with that of the unborn child in its mother’s womb, which cannot…

Mitsotakis: A fair migration policy does not mean non-existent borders, but rules

“A fair migration policy does not mean open or non-existent borders, but rules. And we observed these rules in 2020 against the instrumentalization of the refugee crisis,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, among others, speaking on Monday at an event…

57 complaint to police behavior last year

57 complaints were submitted to the Ombudsman’s institution last year to the behavior of the Police Administration, and the largest number of them was related to the allegations on inhuman and degrading behavior. The Ombudsman institution tells MINA News Agency…

Turkish Airlines carried 83.4M passengers in 2023

Turkish Airlines carried 83.4 million passengers in 2023, an annual surge of 16.1%, Türkiye’s national flag carrier announced on Monday. The number of passengers carried on domestic flights soared 19.1% year-on-year to 30.4 million in 2023, while passengers on international…

Finance minister announces 2.78 million invoices registered in e-Invoice system

The number of invoices registered so far through the e-Invoice system has reached 2,775,421, with a value of 16 billion lei, according to data presented on Monday by Finance Minister Marcel Bolos at a press conference. “We have 2,775,421 invoices…

National Assembly Chair Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria, Vietnam Wish to Develop Their Relations

Bulgaria and Vietnam wish to develop their relations in the context of intensifying EU-Vietnam cooperation, the EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership and the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region, Bulgarian National Assembly Chair Rosen Zhelyazkov said after a plenary meeting…

Lutfiu: Serbia’s discrimination against Albanians in the Valley has reached the limits of racism

Serbia’s discrimination against the Albanian community in the Presheva Valley has reached the limits of racism, says the head of the Albanian National Council, Nevzad Lutfiu. He says that the life of Albanians in these three municipalities does not resemble…

Sarajevo Canton breaks record in tourist arrivals and overnight stays in 2023

The Sarajevo Canton recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in 2023 compared to all previous years, and as expected, all previous statistical records were broken. An increased number of arrivals and overnight stays was also recorded…

Durrës – Pristina rail connection is a commitment of two governments – Balluku

Deputy Prime Minister, also Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku brought to attention the railway project that connects Durrës with Pristina, describing it as a national project, for which both governments have confirmed their commitment. “We see the project…

Number of cruise ships in Croatia in first 11 months of 2023 up

In the first eleven months of 2023, cruise ships made 635 trips in the Croatian Adriatic, 1.3% more than last year, bringing 860,000 visitors, an increase of 37.5%, according to the the Croatian Bureau of Statistics. A total of 85…