Day: January 9, 2024

Fascist salute not always a crime – La Russa

Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa has said making Fascist salutes is not necessarily always a crime amid a major furore over the salutes made by many participants at ceremony commemorating the 1978 Acca Larentia massacre in Rome on Sunday. “The…

US Embassy: We expect an investigation into the violation of law related to the celebration of ‘RS Day’

The United States expects that the relevant law enforcement and judicial authorities will investigate any violations of law that occur related to the celebration of the Day of the Republika Srpska on January 9, the US Embassy in BiH stated….

Exports in first 11 months of 2023 down by 5%, imports 5.2%

The value of Croatian commodity exports in the first 11 months of 2023 was €21В billion, 5% down from the same period of 2022, while imports totaled €36.4В billion or 5.2% down, show preliminary data from the national statistical office…

290 whooping cough cases registered in Montenegro so far

290 cases of pertussis, or the whooping cough, have been reported to the Public Health Institute (IJZ) since November, this institution stated. “Among the registered cases, the largest share is in the age group of 11 to 15, 132 of…

Anadolu exhibit exposing Israel’s atrocities in Gaza opens in Istanbul

The “Humanitarian Tragedy in Gaza” exhibit, featuring photos from the book “Evidence,” which exposes Israel’s crimes in Gaza, opened Monday in Istanbul, hosted by Anadolu. Attending the exhibition, Anadolu’s President and CEO Serdar Karagoz said Anadolu has been conveying reality…

Visitor number to cultural heritage sites rose 46% in 2023

Cultural tourism, with countless museums, castles and other historical and cultural heritage sites to be explored all over Albania, is attracting an ever growing number of both local and foreign visitors. The Minister of Culture Elva Margariti said on Monday…

Two skiers represent Kosovo at the Winter Olympics in Gangwon

Two skiers will represent Kosovo’s Olympic team at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place from January 19 to February 1 in the city of Gangwon, South Korea, KosovaPress reports. Lirika Deva and Klos…

EU Commissioner and Dep. Minister discuss issue of unaccompanied minors

The issue of unaccompanied minors was discussed during a meeting held on Tuesday in Nicosia between Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Marilena Evangelou and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.  In statements to journalists, Evangelou said that they had…

Greek enterprise registry balance remained positive in 2023

The Greek enterprise registry was positive in 2023, as more new enterprises were registered in the year compared with company deletions, official figures showed on Monday. A report by GEMI, the company registry of the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and…

Naval Academy in Varna Equipped with Space Satellite Tracking System

The installation of a space satellite tracking system has been completed at the Naval Academy in Varna, and a new deep-water complex will be inaugurated within days, said here on Tuesday Rector of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Flotilla Admiral…

One of a kind dinosaur fossils, unearthed in Tara Hategului UNESCO International Geopark

The fossils of dinosaurs from the Rhabdodontidae family, unique in the world, belonging to a small herbivorous species, 2 – 6 meters long, and with an age of approximately 70 million years, were discovered on the territory of the UNESCO…

Culture minister: Bitola’s Partisan movie theater to be renovated

Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska Stojchevska said a former movie theater in Bitola would be renovated this year and turned into a modern cultural center to enliven the local cultural scene. The Partisan movie theater was built during former Yugoslavia….