Bulgaria is North Macedonia’s most sincere ally
Sofia: Over the past three decades, the young Balkan state of Macedonia has been in the focus of political debate,...
Month: June 2024
Greece submits grant request
Athens: Athens will likely submit its fourth request for a 1-billion-euro grant from the Recovery Fund on Thursday, as the...
Right-wing pushback on EU’s green laws misjudges rural views
Brussels: Hannah Mowat is Campaigns Coordinator at Fern, an international NGO created in 1995 to keep track of the EU’s...
Pakistan, Italy agree to undertake joint efforts against drug trafficking
Rome: Pakistan and Italy Wednesday agreed to a coordinated and effective action plan against illegal immigrants and human trafficking. The...
Italy’s migrant centre in Albania to open up in August, PM Meloni says
Shengjin: Italy's contested migrant reception centre being built in Albania will be operational from August, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said...
Italy: Watchdog fines Meta for unfair commercial practices
Rome: Italy's antitrust regulator AGCM has fined Facebook and Instagram owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab for what it described...
Italy names 30 players for Pre-Olympic Tournament prep
Rome: Head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco has announced a 30-player preliminary roster for the Italian national team’s Pre-Olympic Tournament in Puerto...
EC approves Italy’s plan to aid 4.6 GW of new renewables
Rome: Italy has received the approval of the European Commission (EC) for a state aid measure that will support the...
Italy’s Meloni blames organised crime for ‘alarming’ migrant visa fraud
Rome: Criminal gangs are exploiting loopholes in Italy's legal visa system for foreign workers to smuggle in illegal immigrants, a...
UK leaders head into election debate as Farage enters fray
London: The leaders of Britain's two main political parties on Tuesday prepared to go head-to-head in the first live TV...
UK income growth lagged peers between 2007 and 2019, says think tank
London: Incomes in Britain grew at half the pace of those in the US and lagged even further behind those...
Japan’s UK state visit to go ahead despite election
London: The state visit to the UK by the emperor and empress of Japan will go ahead later this month,...
Bulgaria’s Fantastico invests 18 mln euro in warehouse expansion
Sofia: Bulgarian supermarket operator Fantastico Group said it has expanded its logistics centre near the capital Sofia, following an investment...
Greece backs Biden’s Gaza cease-fire plan, urges end to humanitarian tragedy
Athens: Greece voiced its full support for US President Joe Biden's proposed roadmap for a cease-fire in Gaza on Monday,...
Portugal toughens migration rules after swing to the right
Lisbon: Portugal has announced a new plan that will toughen some immigration rules, following in the footsteps of other EU...
Denmark raises threat level for destructive cyber attacks to 3 on 5-level scale
Copenhagen: The Danish Centre for Cyber Security (CFCS) has raised its threat level assessment for destructive cyber attacks against Denmark...
UNICEF country representative calls on Chairperson BISP
Laiquat Ali Islamabad: A delegation from United Nations’ Children Fund (UNICEF), led by Country Representative Abdullah Fadil, called on Chairperson...
Fazlur Rehman’s ‘alliance’ with PTI is a sign of doomsday: Faisal Karim Kundi
Lahore: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has said that JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's 'alliance' with Tehreek-e-Insaf is a...
PM Shehbaz Sharif’s China visit to focus on investment, enhanced cooperation
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China will be focussed on enhancing investment in Pakistan and advancing...
PM Shehbaz Sharif ready for positive China visit
Islamabad. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to begin an important visit to China from June 4-8, 2024, with...
Xi meets representatives attending national conference on public security work
Beijing: Xi Jinping, Chinese president, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of...
PM directs immediate abolishment of Pak PWD
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed for immediate dissolution of Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak...
Chinese commerce minister urges dialogue to resolve China-EU trade frictions
Beijing: Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao has asserted that China is open to dialogues to properly resolve trade frictions with...
PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, PTI-P oppose SIC’s plea seeking reserved seats
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday adjourned the hearing of Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) plea against the...
Celebrations to mark Pakistan-Denmark 75 years of diplomatic relations begin
Copenhagen: Thousands of Pakistanis turned up on June 1 at Copenhagen Mela to kick-start 75 years of celebrations of Pakistan...
Founder of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn ordered back to jail, ANA reports
Athens: The convicted founder of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Mihaloliakos, has been ordered back to prison, the Athens...
On camera, 2 planes collide at Portugal air show, pilot dead
Lisbon: One pilot was killed and another injured after two small planes collided midair during an air show performance in...
Mercure to Enter Bulgaria with New Hotel in Sofia
Sofia: Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, today announces the upcoming opening of Mercure Sofia, the first hotel under the midscale...
EU struggles to counter Russian election disinformation
Brussels: The European Union's disinformation-busting team last month debunked a Russian-language video on YouTube that said citizens were fleeing dictatorship...
UK within British empire is like last person left at a party, says David Olusoga
London: The historian David Olusoga has said the UK is the one country left in the British empire as he...
