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Day: September 9, 2025

Kallas thanks Cyprus for humanitarian aid to Gaza

Head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas has thanked Cyprus for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza in August from Limassol. She was speaking on Tuesday during the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, which discussed the situation in Gaza and the EU’s efforts to…

Turkish president receives Saudi Hajj minister in Ankara

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received on Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s Hajj and Umrah Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah in Ankara, Communications Directorate said. The meeting at the presidential complex was held behind closed doors. Further details on the meeting were not immediately…

Gerapetritis: A roadmap for the delimitation of maritime zones with Libya by the end of the year

“We are trying to have a multidimensional and balanced policy in Libya, which is a difficult country,” Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis noted in an interview with the radio station “Parapolitika” on Tuesday, while emphasising that “the more we cooperate, the…

Kumbaro: Almost 9 million foreign visitors by August

TIRANA, Sept 9 /ATA/  Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro announced on Tuesday that August this year saw a 10% rise in foreign visitors compared to the corresponding month last year. At the “Diplo 2025” Ambassadors’ Conference panel, Kumbaro…

Illegal landfill in Cemovsko Polje cleaned and revitalized

Podgorica, (MINA) – The area of one of the largest illegal landfill in Cemovsko Polje in Podgorica, near the Cattle Market, has been cleaned and revitalized, the Europe House announced. It is stated that, as part of the national environmental…

Croatian Post to issue commemorative stamp honouring Pope Francis

Croatian Post will release on Tuesday a new commemorative stamp in memory of Pope Francis, who passed away this spring. The stamp, featuring a portrait of the pope, was designed by Zagreb-based designer Alenka Lalić. The stamp has a nominal…

Bulgaria Will Continue Supporting Montenegro on Its Path Towards EU Membership – PM Zhelyazkov

Bulgaria will continue supporting Montenegro on its path towards EU membership, said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov in a public lecture delivered to students at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Montenegro in Podgorica, as part of his…

Any agreement with Trump is worthless says Stiglitz

Nobel-prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz told a forum on competitiveness at the headquarters of the Assolombarda business association in Milan on Monday that any agreement made with United States President Donald Trump is worthless. “I don’t think any agreement with…

Drama Theater opens new season with ‘Gidion’s Knot’

Skopje, 9 September 2025 (MIA) –– Skopje’s Drama Theater opens its new season Tuesday with Johnna Adams’s “Gidion’s Knot,” which it will also stage on Sept. 11 at Risto Shishkov Chamber Theater Festival in Strumica. “Gidion’s Knot” centers around a…

A Romanian and an American university become partners to develop project streamlining academic mobility programmes

The ‘Gheorghe Asachi’ Technical University of Iasi and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the USA are using European money to develop together an innovative project to streamline academic mobility programmes and facilitate the issuance, sharing and verification of…