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Month: June 2024

Climate change, Kumbaro: 8 municipalities draw up adaptation plans for first time

TIRANA, June 18 /ATA/ The Ministry of Tourism and Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a national conference which discussed eight plans on local climate change adaptation plans in Albania. These plans have been drafted for the…

President expresses great satisfaction with Strategic Dialogue agreement with the US

President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, has expressed great satisfaction with the agreement for the institutionalization of a Strategic Dialogue between the Republic of Cyprus and the United States of America reached during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,…

UNFPA presents ‘Innovations in Peace Education – Tools for the Future’ at an event in Sarajevo

SARAJEVO, June 14 (FENA) – On the occasion of the International Day of Combating Hate Speech, the UN Population Fund in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNFPA), as part of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund’s joint project “Youth for Inclusion, Equality and…

155th Anniversary of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Marked in Braila

The 155th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) was marked here on Tuesday. Addressing the participants in the ceremony, held at the Bulgarian Church of the Ascension of Christ, BTA Director General Kirli Valchev said…

PM Ciolacu and Bavarian counterpart Soder exchange jerseys of Romanian and German national football teams

Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu and the head of the Bavarian government, Markus Soder, have conveyed to each other messages of success for the Romanian and German national teams at the European Football Championship EURO 2024, symbolically exchanging a jersey of…

Mattarella visits Moldova, sounds Russia disinformation alarm

Italian President Sergio Mattarella met his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu in Chisinau on Tuesday and talked about the war of aggression Russia has waged across the border in Ukraine and the threat Moscow also poses via disinformation. “A few hundred…

DZS: Annual inflation in May slips to 3.3%

ZAGREB, 17 June (Hina) – The annual inflation rate in Croatia slipped to 3.3% in May from 3.7% in April, the national statistical office said on Monday, confirming its estimates from late May. The monthly increase of the prices of…

Financial stability seen as a priority in the region

Becici, (MINA-BUSINESS) – Governor of the Central Bank (CBCG) Irena Radovic has said that ensuring financial stability and encouraging sustainable growth are common priorities of the countries in the region. She said at a panel that took place during the…

January – May budget execution: Tax revenues increased by 1.443 billion against the target

Tax revenues between January and May 2024 show a significant increase compared to the target, according to the state budget execution data, on a modified cash basis, announced by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance on Monday. Specifically, tax…

President Radev: Bulgaria Supports Montenegro’s European Integration

Bulgaria supports Montenegro’s European integration technically and expertly, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Monday after a meeting with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic. He added that Bulgaria will work more closely for the development of bilateral cooperation and for the…

Half of Cyprus beaches may be destroyed in 50 years, Dr G. Zittis tells CNA

If current rates of greenhouse gas emissions continue and no action is taken in time, the rise in sea levels is expected to destroy about 50% of Cyprus’ beaches in the next 50 years, George Zittis, Associate Research Scientist at The Cyprus…

Trade exchanges with Albania are increasing, Llugaliu shows whether there is arms smuggling from Serbia

The Director of Customs in Kosovo, Agron Llugaliu, has stated that in the last two years there has been a decrease in smuggling in the northern part of the country, while adding that the rule of law in that part…