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Month: October 2024

Ivana Nasteski’s ‘Flora’ exhibition of watercolors opens in Tetovo

Macedonian artist Ivana Nasteski’s latest solo exhibition opened Monday evening at Tetovo’s Iljo Anteski Smok Cultural Center. Titled “Flora,” the exhibit contains of 31 paintings of flowers done in watercolor, gouache and ink. According to MIA’s Tetovo correspondent, Nasteski painted…

Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria: EU Is Key Partner of China

In an interview for BTA’s Valentina Dobrincheva here on Tuesday, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Bulgaria Dai Qingli said that her country sees the EU as a key partner. The Ambassador attended a Bulgarian-Chinese forum in Varna,…

Libya ties priority for Italy, EU says Meloni in Tripoli

Relations with Libya are a priority for Italy and the European Union, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday on her fourth visit to Tripoli since becoming Italy’s first woman premier two years ago and boosting ties with Africa to help stem…

Croatia marks 50th anniversary of discovery of its largest gas field

Large natural gas deposits in Molve, northern Croatia, were discovered in 1974, while the commercial exploitation of this biggest Croatian gas field started in 1981, and so far the field has produced 22 billion cubic metres of gas and two…

Higher salaries, IBAR and census marked one year of Government’s work, PES stated

The current government has done in just a year more than all previous ones, which has been confirmed by the highest EU officials, the Europe Now Movement (PES) has stated. This party stated that higher salaries, the IBAR report, unblocking…

President Sakellaropoulou: ‘The courage and unity of purpose of the heroes of 1940 a valuable legacy’

“The national anniversary of the glorious “NO” is a day of memory, honour and responsibility toward those who fought and sacrificed themselves for our freedom,” President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Monday, in a statement immediately after…

Bulgaria’s 2025 Draft Budget Sets Deficit Target at 3%

Bulgaria’s draft budget for 2025 projects a 3% deficit, caretaker Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova said here Monday. She was speaking to the press after a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation at the Council of Ministers here…

Prishtina-Amsterdam, a new airline for the citizens of Kosovo

Citizens of Kosovo will be able to travel twice a week directly to Amsterdam, since today the first direct flight was inaugurated at Prishtina International Airport “Adem Jashari”. Levent Kaylaj, the director of operations at Prishtina International Airport, expressed his…

Newly-revived airfield in Gjirokaster hosts initial six sports and tour flights from Italy

A recently-rebuilt airfield in the southern Albanian city of Gjirokaster has hosted first six direct sports and tour flights from Italy, the Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro said as she posted images on the social media on Monday….

Four Romanian boxers qualified for the quarterfinals of the World Youth Boxing Championships in Montenegro

Four Romanian boxers qualified for the quarterfinals of the World Youth Boxing Championships in Budva (Montenegro), after scoring victories in their respective matches on Sunday. Daniel Grigorie defeated Ben Ndjibu Wa Ndjibu (RD Congo), in the round of 16 of…

Key Liguria election turnout at 34.68% Sunday night

Data provided by the interior ministry through the Eligendo site showed turnout for Liguria’s regional election at 23:00 Sunday was 34.68%, down from the 39.8% recorded at the same hour in 2020. The voting stations reopened at 7:00 on Monday…

Industrial turnover in August falls yearly, monthly

In August 2024, industrial turnover decreased by 0.2%В on the yearВ and by 2.9% on the month, according to data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Year-on-year, industrial turnover on the domestic market increased by 1.3%, while turnover on foreign…