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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court Hosts First Meeting of Balkan Constitutional Forum

Participants in the Balkan Constitutional Forum in Sofia signed on Friday a Memorandum on the establishment of the Forum. With the signing of the Memorandum, in addition to the Bulgarian Constitutional Court, the constitutional jurisdictions of Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia,…

FATF takes Albania off grey list of money laundering

Minister of Finance and Economy Ervin Mete announced today that Albania is taken off the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering. At the joint press conference with the mission of the International Monetary Fund in…

Kostadinovska-Stojchevska: Intensifying cultural cooperation high on agenda in relations with UK

As part of her working visit to London, Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojchevska met Wednesday with Victoria Billing, Director for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and with…

KSF ready to defend the country, international partners support the army

The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) has gathered its partners at the annual conference “KSF and partners conference 2023” organized by the Ministry of Defense to improve international cooperation and to realize plans with partners. The international partners expressed their readiness…

Türkiye’s Central Bank raises policy rate by 500 basis points

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye on Thursday raised its policy interest rate by another 500 basis points to 35%. Over the course of five monetary policy meetings, the bank has been gradually increasing the rate, also known…

Νumber of property sale contracts hit 15-year high record in 2023 Q2 says CBC

The number of sales contracts submitted in the Department of Land and Surveys reached a 15-year record high in the second quarter of 2023, according to data published by the Central Bank of Cyprus on Thursday. In addition, residential property prices…

Mitsotakis: Greece a reliable and honest interlocutor with all the countries of the region

The debate on the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the continued support of the EU to Ukraine, the developments in the Middle East, but also the migration are the main topics on the agenda of the Summit of…

Finance Minister: President Radev’s Decision Casts Him as Gazprom’s Defender but This Will Not Stop New Gas Transit Fee

Finance Minister Assen Vassilev Thursday told reporters that President Rumen Radev will not stop the implementation of the law by referring to the Constitutional Court the new fee imposed on the import and transit of Russian gas to and via…

Documentary “Cosmosapiens” – directed by Pavel Cuzuioc, in official selection of Viennale International Film Festival

The documentary “Cosmosapiens” directed by Pavel Cuzuioc has been included in the official selection of the 61st edition of the Viennale International Film Festival and is nominated for the Vienna Film Prize and ExtraValue Film Prize, a press release sent…

Winter Season Preparation Plan adopted

The Government adopted the Winter Tourist Season Preparation Plan today, for the purpose of connecting entities at all levels to facilitate seamless preparations, which is expected to boost their qualitative, quantitative, and financial effects. “Ultimately, the goal is to increase…

New law for investments, improvement of business climate

Minister of Finance and Economy Ervin Mete participated in the presentation event of the findings of the survey of the Foreign Investors Association in Albania (FIAA) “Business Environment in Albania 2023”. Attending this activity were Minister of State for Entrepreneurship…

€100m secured for health tourism

Health tourism has a very long tradition in the Adriatic, and systematic efforts have been made in recent years for it to become the main driver of the year-round hotel and tourism business, the Crikvenica International Health Tourism conference was…