Day: April 17, 2025

Turkish rights advocate urges stronger protection of women’s religious freedoms at workplaces

Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar, chairperson of the board of trustees at the Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM), on Thursday called for broader legal and societal protections for women’s religious freedoms in professional life, with a focus on eliminating discrimination against women…

CBK approves cybersecurity strategy

The Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK) has approved its Cybersecurity Strategy for the period 2025–2028, marking a significant step toward strengthening the institution’s digital infrastructure protection. The strategy has been developed in line with the CBK’s Strategic Plan and aims…

FM Gerapetritis: ‘Greece grows taller and expands its diplomatic imprint’

The act establishing the National Spatial Strategy for Maritime Space (NSSMS) shows “Greece grows taller and expands its diplomatic imprint,” Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis said in an interview to Skai TV on Wednesday. NSSMS, which was published the same…

Statistics show rise in livestock and poultry population in Croatia

ZAGREB, 17 April (Hina) – Croatia registered an increase in the number of livestock and poultry in 2024, according to data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) as of 1 November 2024. Last year, there were 422,000 head of cattle, representing a…

New Special Police Training Center opened in Podgorica

Podgorica, (MINA) – Human potential is the most important resource and the cornerstone of security capacity, Minister of the Interior Danilo Saranovic said at the opening of the Special Police Forces Training Center in Podgorica. The Center was officially opened…

“Dying of laughter”, installation representing Albania in Milan 

TIRANA, April 17 /ATA/ – An installation created by Albanian architects and artists Marin Nikolla and Denis Muça was showcased Slow Mill gallery on the occasion of Fuori Salone 2025 in Milan, Italy. Entitled “Dying of Laughter,” a site-specific installation…

Tourist arrivals up by 7.5% in Q1 2025, down by 0.8% in March

Tourist arrivals were up by 7.5% in the first quarter of this year on an annual basis, while recording a small drop of 0.8% in March, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) on Thursday show. At the same…

EU Meets the Balkans Forum Held in Sofia

European Union (EU) politicians and representatives of various organisations and think tanks took part in the EU Meets the Balkans Forum, which was held at Sofia Tech Park on Thursday.  MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk opened the forum by saying that the European Union…

Gov’t approves Romania – UK Convention on double taxation elimination

Bucharest, April 16 /Agerpres/ – The Executive approved on Wednesday a bill on the ratification of the Convention between Romania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the elimination of double taxation with respect to income…

Mattarella discharged from hospital

President Sergio Mattarella was discharged from Rome’s Santo Spirito hospital on Thursday and returned to the Quirinal Palace. The 83-year-old head of State had surgery at the hospital on Tuesday to insert a pacemaker. His office stressed that the surgery…