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Rijeka and Zagreb areas hit by summer storms

ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – A violent summer wind, accompanied by heavy rain, hit the area of Rijeka at about 1600 hours Friday, and tore down many trees and toppled a crane in the Brajdica container terminal. The crane fell…

Croatian students win four medals at European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics

ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – Croatian secondary school students won four medals at the 3rd The European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics which took place between 15 and 21 July in Lund, Sweden. Lara Semeš won a gold and Maša Dobrić…

A total of 49 films to compete for Heart of Sarajevo award at 29th Sarajevo Film Festival

SARAJEVO, July 20 (FENA) – A total of 49 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, and there will also be two gala and one special screening. The Festival’s four competition sections…

MINA

Dividend paid by four companies

Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – According to Montenegro Stock Exchange, four companies have distributed dividends for the previous year, while three of them have done so for 2021. The issuers who decided to pay dividends for the previous year at shareholders’ meetings…

MINA

Abazovic: Montenegro to continue with reforms and building institutions

Podgorica, (MINA) – Montenegro must seize the opportunity, continue with reforms and build democratic institutions that will guarantee more justice and freedom, said Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic. Abazovic wrote on Twitter that he discussed improvement of democratic processes in the…

Hovenier: We support KSF as it transitions into a NATO-interoperable force

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier, has said that they support the Kosovo Security Force as it transitions into a multi-ethnic, professional, NATO-interoperable territorial defense force. The US ambassador wrote on Twitter and announced…

CNA

The current status quo cannot be the future of Cyprus, President tells CNA

The current status quo is not and will never be accepted and cannot be the future of Cyprus, the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides has told CNA, on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of…

ATA

Legislation on agriculture, European Commission supports Albania on its way to EU integration

TIRANA, July 20 /ATA/ The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is currently working on the “Screening” process in cooperation with the European Commission, for the harmonization of local legislation with the EU acquis, developing sustainable agriculture, closer to European…

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Turkish Central Bank raises policy rate 250 basis points to 17.5%

1-week repo rate in Türkiye reaches 22-month high level after 2nd hike in a row Gokhan Ergocun | 20.07.2023 – Update : 20.07.2023 ISTANBUL Türkiye’s Central Bank raised its one-week repo rate, also known as the policy rate, by 250…

Gerapetritis calls for safeguards ensuring that NATO armaments are not used against NATO allies

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis stressed Greece’s fixed position that international law and international treaties must be respected during his meeting on Thursday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. He also underlined that it’s important “during decision-making on the…

BTA

Climatologist: This Year’s Heatwave in Bulgaria Is Longest since 2007

July is the warmest month in Bulgaria so very high daily temperatures of 35C to 40C and long-lasting heatwaves are normal, climatologist Dr Simeon Matev says in an interview for BTA. He adds, however, that this year’s heatwave is unusually…

Climate: 2022 was Italy’s hottest, driest year on record

Average temperature 0.58° C higher than previous record-report. (ANSA) – ROME, JUL 20 – A new report has revealed that Italy endured its hottest and driest year on record in 2022. The report by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection…