Day: September 19, 2025

Record drug seizures in 2025, Cyprus Anti-Narcotics Chief tells CNA

Cyprus has seen a significant increase in drug seizures in 2025, marking the highest levels to date, though this does not necessarily indicate a rise in trafficking, Head of the Anti-Narcotics Service (YKAN), Christos Andreou, told the Cyprus News Agency…

93 detainees on strike in UIKS

Podgorica, (MINA) – A total of 93 detainees are on strike in the Podgorica Investigative Prison, 74 of whom are on hunger strike, the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions (UIKS) has stated. The UIKS stated in a press…

Pope says things going on in US that are of concern

Pope Leo XIV has said he is worried about some of the things happening in the United States an interview with Crux Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen contained in her new biography of him, excerpts of which the Catholic online…

Children’s Fun Fair opens in Tirana with three days of shows, games and family activities

TIRANA, Sept 19 /ATA/ – A three-day children’s fair opened on Friday in Tirana’s “Italia” Square, offering a wide range of entertainment and educational activities for children and families. Organized by the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation in cooperation…

Plenković: Croatia and Japan share positions on wars in Ukraine and Middle East

ZAGREB, 19 Sept – PM Andrej Plenković said on Friday that Croatia and Japan hold identical positions in condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Hamas’s attack on Israel, as well as in supporting efforts to prevent further civilian casualties in…

Air Force Maintains Readiness to Defend Airspace, Says Defence Minister Zapryanov

Bulgaria’s Air Force maintains the necessary readiness to defend the country’s airspace, either independently or as part of NATO’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence, in case of mass drone incursions, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said in a written response to…

BiH records more deaths than births in first half of 2025

SARAJEVO, September 19 (FENA) – During the first six months of 2025, a total of 10,831 births were registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina, showing a decrease of 2.79 percent compared to the same period in 2024. In the same period,…

President Tassoulas receives high-ranking Chinese official Li Xi on Friday

President of the Hellenic Republic Constantine Tassoulas reaffirmed the excellent relations between Greece and China during a meeting on Friday with Chinese official Li Xi, the seventh-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and…

Twenty top drivers from Romania and abroad to compete in Mamaia Rally Show, Sept. 19-21

Twenty top drivers from Romania and abroad will participate in the Mamaia Rally Show, a motorsport event taking place on the Romanian seaside from September 19 to 21. According to the Destination Management Organization (OMD) Mamaia-Constanta, Mamaia will become the…

Posthumous collection of Igor Isakovski’s poems released 11 years after his death

Skopje, 19 September 2025 (MIA) — To mark the 55th birth anniversary of Macedonian poet Igor Isakovski (1970-2014), the publishing house Ili-ili has published a collected edition of his poems and will host a book launch at Bukva bookstore at…