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Day: July 4, 2025

USA irreplaceable partner says Mattarella

The United States is an irreplaceable partner for Italy, President Sergio Mattarella said on the July 4 Independence Day holiday Friday telling President Donald Trump in a message on the occasion that the transatlantic bond was central to peace.“The United…

Distria Krasniqi featured on Kosovo’s postage stamps

Post of Kosovo, through its Philately department, has issued a new postage stamp series today titled “Distria Krasniqi,” honoring one of the greatest athletes our country has ever known. This special philatelic issue is dedicated to the world and Olympic…

The UK unwaveringly supports UN-led Cyprus settlement process, Lammy tells CNA

As a guarantor power, the penholder on Cyprus matters at the UN Security Council and a friend to all parties, the UK unwaveringly supports the UN-led process for an agreed settlement, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David…

Mitsotakis: The ‘voice of truth’ from Mount Athos must be heard more strongly in a confused, uncertain world

Mount Athos and its monastic community are a “luminous centre of spiritual offering” and a “compass in a world that often loses its orientation,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, in his response to welcoming speeches in the Holy…

Zhelyazkov Cabinet Survives No-Confidence Vote, Its Third

The government of Rosen Zhelyazkov Friday survived a no-confidence vote over its fiscal policy. It was its third. The vote on the motion was 54-130 and zero abstentions.  It was backed by the parties that supported its submission: Vazrazhdane, MECh…

OMV Petrom reports new natural gas discovery in Romania

OMV Petrom has reported the discovery of a new natural gas reservoir in Romania, at Spineni, located around 70 km north-east of the city of Craiova. “The 1 Spineni exploration well, drilled to a depth of approximately 4,800 metres, has…

Housing prices in Q1 up 13.1% year on year

ZAGREB, 4 July (Hina) – Residential property prices in Croatia were 13.1% higher in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data published on Friday by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Prices of…

Foreign direct investment hits record 362 million euros in Q1 2025

TIRANA, July 4 /ATA/ – Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Albaniareached 362 million euros in the first quarter of 2025, registeringthe highest level ever recorded for the same quarterly period andsignaling a significant rise in foreign capital interest in thecountry’s…

Real GDP growth remains above EU-average in this year’s first quarter

Podgorica, (MINA) – According to Minister of Finance Novica Vukovic, real growth of Montenegro’s gross domestic product (GDP) of 3 percent last year and 2.5 percent in the first quarter of this year exceeds the average of the European Union…