Number of Students in Bulgaria Currently at 182,000 – Slight Increase from 2023, Major Decrease from 250,000 in 2012
In the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, Bulgaria has 182,000 university students, a slight increase from the previous year, according to Georgi Stoychev, Open Society Institute Executive Director and head of the team behind Bulgaria’s higher education institutions…
Exports of medicinal herbs increased by 14%
TIRANA, December 8 /ATA/ Medicinal and aromatic herbs account for an important share of total agricultural exports. The Ministry of Agriculture reported that during the period January-October 2024, the exports of medicinal herbs increased by about 14%. While the total…
Tzitzikostas at EU Transport Council: Three messages and five key issues
The European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas participated in the first Council of Transport Ministers of the 27 EU Member States, following the election of the new European Commission, which took place in Brussels on Friday. At…
Mountaineer Adrian Ahritculesei will try to conquest Mount Kosciuszko in Australia
Bucharest, Dec 6 /Agerpres/ – Romanian mountaineer Adrian Ahritculesei (Адриан Ариткулесeи), who conquered Mount Everest (8,848 metres) in May this year, is currently in Australia where he is about to climb Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 meters), the highest on this continent,…
UN: Greece leads efforts for the return of cultural artifacts to their countries of origin
The Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Evangelos C. Sekeris, introduced at the 79th Plenary Session of the UN General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “ Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.” The resolution…
Sofia Conference Looks at Prospects for EU Accession of Western Balkans
Prospects for the Western Balkans’ accession to the EU were on the agenda of the seventh Western Balkans Conference, organized by the New Direction Foundation at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture on Saturday. The meeting brought together representatives of European…
Christmas Fair at the Brukenthal National Museum, in Sibiu, largest fair organized at a museum in Europe
Christmas at the Palace, which takes place at the Brukenthal National Museum, in Sibiu, Transylvania, is the most important Christmas fair organized in a museum space in Europe, the organizers announced in a press release on Tuesday. “Christmas at the…
Defence Min Dendias: Agenda 2030 envisions a modern system to address challenges
Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias stressed that the “Agenda 2030” provides for a modern system to meet the challenges and a modern and strong Navy. “The most modern and the most powerful in the history of our country,” he…
EU-funded report examines media coverage of human rights defenders in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, December 6 (FENA) – The Human Rights Defenders Helpline presented a report with recommendations titled “(In)visibility and (Re)presentation of Human Rights and Their Defenders in the Media and Public Space in BiH.” One of the project’s activities, financed by…
Parliament approves 2025 state budget
ZAGREB, 6 Dec (Hina) – The Croatian Parliament on Friday passed the state budget for 2025, projecting revenues of €33 billion and expenditures of €37 billion. The budget received the support of 76 MPs, while 65 voted against it. The budget, which…
Customs revenues increase by 9.6 percent
Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – In the first eleven months, the Revenue and Customs Administration collected a total of €1.18 billion in gross revenues, €104 million or 9.6 percent more than in the same period last year. “The revenue plan for the…
11 million foreign tourists in 11 months
TIRANA, December 6/ATA/ The National Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in Albania was held today in Tirana with the participation of representatives from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), the World Tourism Organization, the private sector and tourism operators with…
