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Ranieri rejects offer to coach Italy on a quest to get back to the World Cup
Claudio Ranieri has turned down the opportunity to coach Italy’s national football team, opting not to take on the challenge where Roberto Mancini and Gian Piero Ventura both struggled — leading the four-time world champions back to the World Cup....
Pula Film Festival 2025 Launches Regional Competition
PULA: The 72nd edition of the Pula Film Festival (10 – 17 July 2025) brings four world premieres in the Croatian Programme and a new Regional Competition with seven titles competing for the Golden Arena for Best Regional Film. The Regional...

“We need to end nuclear weapons, before they end us”
Introduction by Croakey: Amid so much focus on militarisation globally, it’s more important than ever to understand what it takes to prevent and avoid conflict, especially in the context of a nuclear arms race. In a rare win for efforts to promote...
The Quest For Cheaper And Faster Cross-Border Payments: Regional And Global Solutions - Speech By Piero Cipollone, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, At The BIS Annual General Meeting, Basel, 27 June 2025
Piero Cipollone Member of the ECB's Executive Board Cross-border retail payments are the subject of increasing attention. This is for two main reasons. First, they play a growing role in the world economy, as international transaction volumes have...

Fortis Energy gets green light in Albania for 62 MW solar power project
Turkey-based Fortis Energy is expanding its presence across the Balkans. Its subsidiary Fortis Energy and Construction won consent from the Council of Ministers of Albania, where it has a 600 MW project pipeline, for a 62 MW solar power plant. At...

MPM2025: What the latest data says about being a journalist in Europe
Picture credit: CMPF. Conducted by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of media conditions in Europe. While it evaluates a wide range of...

Kosovo Prepares For Deportees From US Amid Warnings Balkans Becoming A Migrant 'Warehouse'
With illegal immigration a fraught issue in Europe and the United States, Western countries are increasingly kicking the political football over to the Balkans. But questions are building over whether the countries of the region are ready to catch...
Busy times ahead for two of Mayo's Music West ensembles
Published: Fri 4 Jul 2025, 8:30 AM Two of Music West's ensembles - Castlebar Concert Band and Mayo Youth Orchestra - are facing busy schedules over the coming days. Members of the concert band travel to Clonakilty, Co. Cork, later today (Friday)...

UN Event Sheds Light On Belarus' Escalating Human Rights Violations
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. On July 2, the Permanent Missions of Latvia and Lithuania to the United Nations Office at Geneva held a side event on the deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus, Trend reports. Held...

Premier Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria has the unanimous support of European leaders for the euro area
"Bulgaria has the unanimous support of European leaders for joining the Eurozone'', Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov said before the start of the meeting of European heads of state and government in Brussels. Positive conclusions related to the...

Dispatch from The Hague: It’s been Trump’s week in Europe and Iran
Inflection Points June 26, 2025 • 11:52 am ET Print this page By Frederick Kempe THE HAGUE—It’s been a confounding week for President Donald Trump’s harshest critics. First, his audacious and devastating strikes on Iranian nuclear sites over the...

Former Golden Dawn MP found guilty of treason but will not be punished
POLITICS A court in Athens on Thursday found ex-Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis guilty of “actions preparatory to treason,” but ruled that he should not be sentenced to prison for his crime because he did not act on his incendiary...

World leaders flock to meet with Trump at NATO Summit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio laughed uncontrollably when President Donald Trump was asked about the NATO chief calling him "daddy." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump took part in a flurry of greetings with world...

Ex-Arsenal star completes surprise Liga MX transfer after brief stint as manager
In a surprise move, former Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has made the move to Liga MX side Pumas after a brief foray into management at his boyhood club, Cardiff City. The 34-year-old’s move to Efraín Juárez’s side was announced on Thursday,...

MIFF Announces Lineup For This Year’s Festival
Forbidden teenage love in a tiny Macedonian village; an unlikely bond between a lonely penguin and a disaffected man in Argentina; the inspiring career of a pioneer camerawoman and war photojournalist. These are just some of the topics explored in...
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Diogo Jota: 1996-2025
Sports Mole remembers former Liverpool, Portugal and Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Diogo Jota following his tragic death at the age of 28. He wore number 20. He lifted number 20. His name is Diogo Jota. The cruellest of cruel reminders that life...

Operation Broadcroft: Police inquiry into evidence to Salmond probe 'ongoing'
He said the investigation was looking into claims that a “very, very senior civil servant - Mr James Hynd - gave a false statement on oath at the inquiry”. When the former First Minister died suddenly, aged 69, in North Macedonia in October last...

Balkan States Evacuate Citizens from Israel Amid Escalating Conflict
In North Macedonia, a first group of citizens evacuated from Israel arrived at Skopje airport late Tuesday night on a government jet. Photo: North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski/Facebook. Hundreds of citizens of Balkan states have...
Serbian audiences favor "A Night with the Rolling Stones"
HAVANA, Cuba, July 2 (ACN) A Night with the Rolling Stones (2024), Cuban director Patricia Ramos’s second feature film, won the Audience Award at the Ravno Selo Festival in Serbia, where 7,000 moviegoers chose the film from among 24 works from 13...

Bulgaria to Draft National Defense Investment Plan in Line with NATO’s 5% Target
At the NATO summit in The Hague, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov confirmed that Bulgaria will develop and adopt a national defense investment plan aligned with the Alliance’s new target of 5% defense spending by 2035. Speaking after the...