Day: August 9, 2024

Export in H1 down 0.3%, import up 4.2%

ZAGREB, 9 Aug (Hina) – The value of Croatian commodity exports in the first six months of 2024 was €11.5 billion, 0.3% down from the same period of 2023, while imports grew by 4.2% to €21.1 billion, show preliminary figures from…

Montenegro and Turkey foster good bilateral cooperation

Podgorica, (MINA) – Montenegro and Turkey foster strong friendly ties, and very good bilateral relations which significantly contribute to closer relationship between the two nations, it was heard during the visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ervin Ibrahimovic to Ankara….

Transport Minister Announces Plovdiv as Future Airborne Medical Services Hub

Plovdiv has become a crucial part of the emergency air medical system with the opening of the 10th hospital heliport in the country, Minister of Transport and Communication Georgi Gvozdeykov said during the heliport opening at Plovdiv’s St. George University…

Inflation at 2.7 pct in July against 2.3 pct in June

Inflation accelerated in July this year, rising to 2.7 percent from 2.3 percent in June and up from 2.5 percent in July last year. The main reasons are the price increases in several foods (e.g. olive oil +56.7 percent) but…

Turkish foreign minister condemns Gaza massacre, calls for international accountability

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday called for the perpetrators of the massacre in Gaza to be held accountable, insisting they must not go unpunished. Speaking at a joint press conference in Istanbul alongside Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister and…

Conversion of driver’s licenses, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues a new announcement

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has notified all citizens of the Republic of Kosovo from the ranks of the Serbian community that based on the numerous requests for the conversion of driver’s licenses from non-legal Serbian ones to Republic…

Cyprus ready to assist in repatriation of foreign nationals if necessary, Antoniou tells CNA

The authorities of the Republic of Cyprus are on standby in case there is need to evacuate Europeans or third-country nationals from the region, Deputy Government Spokesman Giannis Antoniou told CNA on Friday. Asked by CNA, Antoniou said that the…

Sounds of jazz in Shkodra from August 12 to September 1

TIRANA, Aug 9 /ATA/ Shkodra Universal Sounds will perform a musical mosaic in the city of Shkodra, which features: “Shkodra Jazz Festival”, “Rock Academy” and “Shkodra Sound”. Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation wrote in a post on social media…

Pupils from FIRST Carol Generation of Iasi win important robotics competition in Hong Kong

Pupils from the FIRST Carol Generation team, from the CaroLIIS robotics club of Carol I FIRST primary school, won the Lego League Championship Asia Open competition – Masterpiece season, Explore category, held recently in Hong Kong. The pupils aged between…

Some Italy beach clubs stage ‘kind’ umbrella strike

Some Italian beach clubs staged what they called a “kind” sun umbrella strike Friday by holding off on raising their parasols from opening time at seven thirty to nine thirty in a protest against moves under EU pressure to open…

35th Galichnik Art Colony to focus on collective memory

Skopje, 9 August 2024 (MIA) — The 35th Galichnik Art Colony will take place on Aug. 12–19 and focus on new media art dedicated to how collective memory is shaped through culture. According to organizers in a press release, participants will…