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President highlights Cyprus-Greece Summit deliverables and US visas to Cabinet

President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides referred to yesterday’s Intergovernmental Summit with Greece, as well as to the issue of Cypriot passport visas for the US, addressing on Thursday the members of the Council of Ministers at the beginning of the body’s…

Femicide in BiH: Seven women murdered in the first six months of 2024 – A call to urgent action

MOSTAR, November 28 (FENA) – Alarming statistics on femicide reveal that every ten minutes, a woman somewhere in the world is killed by her intimate partner or another family member. According to media reports, seven women were murdered in Bosnia…

Almost half of the Romanians believe that giving up gas-based heating systems is a wrong decisions (survey)

Bucharest, Nov 28 /Agerpres/ – Two-thirds (66%) of the Romanians believe that prosumers contribute to a cleaner environment, while almost half (45%) say that giving up gas-fired heating systems is not a good decision, according to the results of a…

Albanian parade in Tirana, thousands of Albanians march along main boulevard to mark Independence Day

TIRANA, November 28/ATA/ Thousands of Albanians from all over the world participated in the Albanian parade held in Tirana today, in context of celebration of the 112th anniversary of Albania’s independence Day. The “Red and Black Parade” started from the…

Making world a more livable place: TRT Word Forum in Istanbul to address global crises

Seeking concrete solutions to international problems, the TRT World Forum will be held in Istanbul on Nov. 29-30 under the theme “A World at the Breaking Point: Managing Crises and Transformations.” Speaking to Anadolu, the director general of Turkish public…

Macedonian Philharmonic marks 80th anniversary with Simon Trpcheski concert

Skopje, 28 November 2024 (MIA) – The Macedonian Philharmonic orchestra marks Thursday its 80th anniversary with a concert titled “80 Years – Love”, which will feature a world premiere of a piece by Macedonian composer Ana Pandevska as well as the…

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BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills Conference Held in Petrich

Petrich, Southwestern Bulgaria,  (BTA) The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on Thursday held a local conference in the southwestern town of Petrich as part of the Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project with the support of the European Commission. Cohesion within…

Italy braces for strike on Friday

Italy is bracing for a general strike on Friday proclaimed by the CGIL and UIl unions against the 2025 budget. The strike remains 8 hours or for the entire work shift for all public and private sectors, with the exception…

Crucial challenges for EU, now show unity says Fitto

European Commission Vice President with the cohesion brief Raffaele Fitto said the European Union faced crucial challenges and must show the utmost unity after Ursula von der Leyen’s renewed team was approved by the European Parliament Wednesday with the votes…

Economic growth significant also from demographic aspect, says Šušnjar

ZAGREB, 27 Nov (Hina) – The economic growth rates Croatia is achieving are significant not only from an economic but also from the demographic and all other aspects, Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar said on Wednesday, seeing this growth as a dominant reason for the return of Croatian…

Almost 230,000 Montenegrin citizens speak a foreign language

Podgorica, (MINA) – 229,560 thousand citizens of Montenegro aged 15 and more, speak a foreign language, while the largest percentage, 37.97 per cent, speaks English, the data from the Population Census published today by Monstat demonstrated. According to Monstat, 164,180…

Cyprus-Greece-Jordan sign MoU in Nicosia following trilateral summit

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides had a trilateral meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece. The leaders had a working lunch, in the context of the 4th Trilateral…