Day: August 8, 2024

Turkish President Erdogan reiterates call for global community to halt Israel’s rising aggression

Türkiye’s president on Thursday reaffirmed his call for the international community to halt Israel’s dangerous escalation of aggression, warning that it could hurl the region into a wider and even more destructive conflict. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meeting in the Turkish…

Coast Guard located and arrested thousands of undocumented migrants in July

The Coast Guard has located and arrested thousands of undocumented migrants in July 2024 throughout the country, according to an announcement by the Coast Guard Command on Thursday. This said that coast guard services had handled 94 incidents of illegal…

International Scientific Conference on Albanian language at Museum of Albanian Alphabet

TIRANA, August 8/ATA/ The Academy of Sciences of Albania announced the call for participation in the International Scientific Conference “Development of national education and the Albanian language”. The call is made for participation with a scientific contribution. Proposals can be…

Eurostat: Potato production increases in Cyprus and EU, while in long term decline

The amount of potatoes harvested in Cyprus in 2023 increased compared to 2022, without returning to 2021 levels, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Across the EU there has been a long-term decline in…

There is an increase in the number of visitors to the hotels

In June 2024, the number of local and foreign visitors to hotels was 56,274, of which 35.6% were local and 64.3% were foreign, or 17 percent more compared to the same period of 2023. The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS)…

June sees more tourist arrivals and fewer night stays

ZAGREB,  8 Aug (Hina) – This June, there were 2.8 million tourist arrivals in Croatia and 12.5 million nights in commercial accommodation, which was 3.4% more arrivals than in June 2023, however, tourist nights dropped 5%, according to the data…

Navy Commander Mihailov: First Multi-Role Vessel Will Be Commissioned in 2025

At the end of 2025, the first of the new multi-roles vessels for the Navy will be commissioned, Rear Admiral Kiril Mihailov said. This year marks the 145th anniversary of the Bulgarian Navy. Traditionally, seamen mark the occasion with a…

Unemployment rate declines

Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – There were 33,610 unemployed people in Montenegro at the end of July, 3.2 percent fewer than in June. According to a monthly report by the Employment Office, the unemployment rate stood at 11.56 percent at the end…

EU OKs Italy incentives for renewable energy in agriculture

The European Commission has approved a change to an Italian scheme made available by the post-Covid National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to support investments in renewable energy in the agricultural sector, based on EU legislation on State aid. The…

Mircea training ship, one of last century’s most efficient ambassadors of Romania, PM says

The training ship Mircea is one of the most efficient, elegant and well-prepared ambassadors Romania has had in the last century, Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday at a ceremony marking the arrival of the…

Across the Lake open-air film festival begins in Dojran

Skopje, 8 August 2024 (MIA) — Ahead of its official opening on Friday, the third Across the Lake Festival of Balkan and Mediterranean film screened Wednesday evening Macedonian feature film for young adults “Stela” (2020) directed by Stojan Vujicic. The…