Greek merchant fleet increased 0.8% in May, ELSTAT reports
The Greek Merchant Fleet increased by 0.8% in May 2025 compared with May 2024, according to provisional data announced by Greece’s independent statistical agency ELSTAT on Friday. It noted that an increase of 0.2% was recorded in May 2024 compared…
Stand-up paddleboarding, the laid-back way to enjoy the Danube Delta
Cristian Mocanu, a young entrepreneur from the city of Tulcea, offers outdoor enthusiasts stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) rides in the Danube Delta, a new tourist product that adds to those initiated by the Ivan Patzaichin – Mila 23 Association and private…
Proda appoints a woman to head Kuçova Police Station
TIRANA, July 12/ATA/ In context of reorganization of Police structures aiming at improvement of leadership at the local level, Director General of the State Police Ilir Proda has appointed police officer Edjona Dano as the head of Kuçova Police Station….
Scope Ratings Upgrade Bulgaria’s Credit Ratings to A-, Revise Outlook to Stable
Scope Ratings GmbH (Scope) has upgraded Bulgaria’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to A- from BBB+ in local and foreign currency, and revised the Outlooks to Stable from Positive. This is the first time this country has received…
Exhibition ‘The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great’ opens in Shanghai
The exhibition “The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” opened its doors at the World Expo Museum in Shanghai, China on Wednesday, where it will remain until October 2025. The exhibition is yet another landmark in Greek-Chinese cultural exchanges,…
Fourteen bands from ten countries to take the stage in Jazz in the Park competition in Cluj-Napoca
The organizers of Jazz in the Park music competition announce that 14 music bands from 10 countries will compete in Cluj, between September 19-21, after becoming finalists. ‘The Jazz in the Park competition, the most important competition in Eastern Europe…
Spajic backs raising quotas for women in politics
Podgorica, (MINA) – Prime Minister Milojko Spajic has expressed support for the initiative to increase the electoral quota for the underrepresented gender from 30 to 40 percent, with an obligation to include at least one woman among every three candidates…
Sanctions Unit will strengthen financial system protection, FinMin says
The establishment of the National Sanctions Implementation Unit Law (NSIU) “confirms Cyprus’ commitment to uphold the highest international and European standards in the implementation of sanctions,” Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday regarding the vote on Thursday of the relevant bill by the plenary…
Osmani: The voice of the Mothers of Srebrenica remains the strongest call against oblivion and injustice
After three decades, the voice of the Mothers of Srebrenica remains the strongest call against oblivion and injustice, said the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Osmani commemorated the eight thousand Bosniak men…
Rafting on Vjosa River: a unique experience for adventure enthusiasts
TIRANA, July 11 /ATA/ The Vjosa River, known as “the last untamed river in Europe,” is becoming an increasingly popular destination for nature lovers, hikers, and observers, as well as extreme sports enthusiasts, thanks to the opportunity to go rafting…
Croatian PM arrives in Srebrenica to pay tribute to victims of genocide
ZAGREB, 11 July (Hina) – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, stated on Friday that he arrived in Srebrenica to pay tribute to the victims of the genocide committed against Bosniaks in 1995, and warned that such evil must never be repeated. “We came first…
Mitsotakis to ‘Bild’: ‘Greece is not an open corridor to Europe’
The Greek government’s decisions send a clear message to both traffickers and potential migrants that “Greece is not an open corridor to Europe,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a statement to the German newspaper ‘Bild’ published on Friday. The…
