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Month: April 2026

Seminar on contemporary interpretation of traditional music and dance begins in Kumanovo

A two-day seminar on the contemporary interpretation of traditional music and dance began Monday at Kumanovo’s Trajko Prokopiev National Cultural Center. Now in its fifth year, the “From Tradition to Stage” seminar focuses on preserving cultural heritage and educating performers,…

‘Fotogeografica’, one of Romania’s most prestigious national photography salons, will open on Tuesday

 The “Fotogeografica exhibition, one of Romania’s most prestigious national photography salons, will open on Tuesday at 18:00 at the Multifunctional Centre in Carei, according to a press release from the Bucharest Students’ Cultural House. Organised under the banner of a…

Culafic: Full support for Podgorica in the race for European Green Capital 2028

Podgorica, (MINA) – Podgorica’s participation in the competition for the title of European Green Capital 2028 is a strong confirmation that the government is thinking long-term, with a clear ambition to build a sustainable, healthy and clean future for its…

Albanian and Spanish students stage joint musical performance at Gjirokastër castle

TIRANA, April 26 /ATA/ – Albanian and Spanish students delivered a joint musical performance at the historic Gjirokastër Castle, southern Albania, highlighting cultural exchange and youth collaboration between the two countries. Students from the Feim Ibrahimi Artistic School performed alongside…

Sustainable Construction Barometer: 86% of Romanians familiar with sustainable construction concept; EU average 69%

The concept of sustainable construction is familiar to 86% of Romanians, well above the European average of 69%, according to the 2026 edition of the Sustainable Construction Barometer, published on April 23 by the Sustainable Construction Observatory by Saint-Gobain. Globally,…

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency to Inspect All Imports of Raw Milk and Milk Concentrate

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) will mandatorily inspect all shipments of raw milk and milk concentrate entering Bulgaria, regardless of whether they come from the European Union or third countries, the Agency reported on Saturday. To date, only 10%…

Albania’s mineral, fuel exports hit 7.5 bln lek in March

TIRANA, April 25 /ATA/ Exports of the mineral and fuel group recorded an increase of 5 percentage points in March of this year, compared with the same period last year. In value terms, exports reached 7.5 billion lek, compared with…

Woman gets 24 years for murdering her two newborns in successive years

A 22-year-old woman from a town near Parma, Chiara Petrolini, was sentenced to 24 years and three months Friday for murdering her two newborn babies in 2023 and 2024 and burying the bodies in her garden. Petrolini, from the town…

Madrigal Choir brings Romanian music to Santa Croce Basilica for Romania–Italy Cultural Year 2026

The National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin” gave a concert of remarkable emotional intensity on the evening of April 22 at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, an emblematic space of European culture where the tombs of figures…

Spasojevic and Tolic sentenced to life imprisonment for the Banjska attack, Maksimovic gets 30 years in prison

The Basic Court of Pristina today issued a guilty verdict sentencing Blagoje Spasojevic and Vladimir Tolic to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of the terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvecan, which took place on September 24, 2023. Meanwhile, Dusan Maksimovic…

Mitsotakis: Europe is able to stand by EU member states that are threatened

“It is particularly important that the extraordinary European Council is taking place at this juncture in Cyprus. We had the opportunity to discuss how to further enhance the concept of European strategic autonomy, as well as that of European defence…

Roadmap for deepening Single Market signed by Cyprus President and heads of EU institutions

The signing of the “One Europe – One Market” roadmap sealed the joint commitment of European institutions to deepen the Single Market and strengthen the EU’s competitiveness, during a ceremony held on Friday in the context of the Informal Meeting…