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Day: September 28, 2026

Economic sentiment improves for 6th consecutive month in September, CypERC says

In September 2026, economic sentiment in Cyprus improved for the sixth consecutive month, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator of the Economic Research Centre (ESI-CypERC) of the University of Cyprus, increasing by 0.6 points compared with August. “This increase was driven…

Olivera Kjorveziroska to open 12th BookStar festival

Skopje, 28 September 2026 (MIA) — Olivera Kjorveziroska will open BookStar 2026 European Literature Festival with a presentation titled “Three Freedoms,” part of “The Writer is Speaking” series, at Laboratorium at 7:30 pm. In its 12th year, the festival will…

Rapper deported to Moldova after Milan road block stunt

Italy has deported to Moldova a rapper who was at the helm of gang of dozens of young people on scooters who briefly blocked traffic on a highway in the Milan area 10 days ago in a stunt for a…

Marubi photography museum joins Italy’s Archivi Aperti for first cross-border edition

TIRANA, Sept 28 /ATA/ – Albania’s National Museum of Photography “Marubi” will take part for the first time in Archivi Aperti (Open Archives), an Italian initiative dedicated to photographic archives and heritage across 12 regions of Italy. As the newest…

Turkish, Indonesian presidents discuss bilateral ties, regional issues in phone call

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said on Monday. During the call, Erdogan expressed satisfaction with the…

Bulgarian Company Develops Portable Gamma Spectrometer Prototype for Cancer Surgery

Bulgarian company Bultraf has developed a prototype portable gamma spectrometer designed to help surgeons locate sentinel lymph nodes during cancer operations, Bultraf General Manager Mihail Chenkov said at a news conference at the BTA National Press Club in Sofia on…

Kosovo Assembly approves declaration on Specialist Chambers judgment

The Kosovo Assembly, with 99 votes in favor and none against, has approved a declaration concerning the judgment of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, in which former KLA leaders were convicted at first instance. The declaration was read by Assembly Speaker…

UBB Cluj student Bogdan Nimerenco wins bronze at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026

     Student Bogdan Nimerenco won the bronze medal at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 in the Digital Interactive Media Design category, introduced for the first time this year in the WorldSkills Competition programme, Babes-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca announced on Sunday…

Croatia invests in rail renewal and modernisation

Speed restrictions are currently in place on 237 kilometres of railway lines in Croatia, and the government plans to invest a further 6 billion euro in rail renewal and modernisation by 2035 to increase speeds and capacity, HĹ˝ Infrastruktura and…

Hrebickova: Montenegro has realistic prospect of EU membership by 2028

Podgorica, (MINA) – Montenegro’s goal of becoming an EU member by 2028 will be achieved during this Government’s term of office, said Czech Ambassador to Podgorica Janina Hrebickova during a farewell meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Becic.   Hrebickova…