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Emergencies? Carneiro wants answers from Montenegro “in the coming days”
Portugal Pulse
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July 6, 2025
The Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (PS), José Luís Carneiro, today demanded answers from Prime Minister Luís Montenegro regarding hospital emergency services in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, specifically in pediatric, orthopedic, and...
Portugal’s political leaders pay last respects to Jota and brother
Ghana News Agency
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July 6, 2025
Madrid, July 4, (dpa/GNA) – Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, have paid their last respects to national team and Liverpool player, Diogo Jota, and his brother, André Silva, who died early Thursday...
‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Dreams,’ ‘Brides’ Join Sarajevo Film Festival’s Open Air Program
Variety
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August 4, 2025
The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the films that will play in its Open Air Program, which include Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “Sentimental Value,” Michel Franco’s Berlin competitor “Dreams,” Nadia Fall’s Sundance competition...
The Red Tape Around .in: Why New Rule Could Shrink India’s Internet
BOOMLive
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August 4, 2025
If you’ve ever typed a website address into your browser, you’ve used a domain. Just like every country has its own dialing code, it also has its own domain extension—India’s is .in. These domains are used by businesses, individuals, and...
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: August 4, 2025
Balkan Insight
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August 4, 2025
Family members of Serbian victims of the war in Croatia are hold photos of their relatives at Serbian officials’ Operation commemoration in Sremski Karlovci, August 3, 2025. Photo: Instagram/buducnostsrbijeav. Serbia commemorates 1995 Operation...
These two stocks have DOUBLED since I tipped them. Here are two more British firms you should invest in before they soar, reveals our money guru
Daily Mail
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August 3, 2025
The UK has been on a losing streak for too long. But the clouds seem to be lifting and Britons are beginning to win again. The Lionesses roared to victory in Europe, the British and Irish Lions dominated the Australia rugby test series and the...
Rafale Jets Thunder, Leopard-2 Tanks Roar As Croatia Celebrates 30 Years Of ‘Op Storm’ Victory Celebrations
The Eurasian Times
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August 3, 2025
Croatia recently marked the 30th anniversary of ‘Operation Storm’, the last and decisive battle in its war of independence from Yugoslavia. The celebration centred around an extravagant military parade that was meant to flaunt the country’s...
MHP completes takeover of Spain’s UVESA poultry group
The Pig Site
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August 4, 2025
Deal boosts MHP’s footprint in Europe and Middle East Ukrainian agri-food company MHP has officially completed its acquisition of more than 92% of the share capital of Grupo UVESA, one of Spain’s major vertically integrated poultry and pork...
Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Suffering of the Serbs in the ‘Storm’
Sarajevo Times
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August 3, 2025
Under the title “Storm is a pogrom – we remember it forever”, Republika Srpska and Serbia are marking 30 years since the Serbs were killed in this action by the Croatian army and police in Sremski Karlovci. The Serbian Patriarch Porfirije will...
Canadians Fume at Trump 'Tariff Bullying' as Carney Says Ottawa to Recognize Palestine
Common Dreams
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July 31, 2025
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Canada's decision to conditionally recognize Palestinian statehood "will make it very hard" to complete a trade deal with the United States' northern neighbor, prompting widespread condemnation of the...
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Bosnian Serb leader found guilty in historic court ruling
BNE Intellinews
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The President of Bosnia's Serb entity, Milorad Dodik, has been sentenced on August 1 to one year in prison and banned from holding political office for six years after being found guilty of refusing to implement decisions made by Bosnia's top...
Sir Keir Starmer in Albania to tackle ‘revolving door’ of migration
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Sir Keir Starmer is in Albania to announce an expanded crackdown on migrant smuggling gangs in the Balkans - a key staging post on the route to Britain. In the first official visit to the country by a UK prime minister, he hopes to reinforce this...
Risk management in seaports discussed at regional seminar in Turkmenbashy
Turkmenportal
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On July 28–29, the Turkmenbashy International Seaport hosted a regional training seminar on “Security and Risk Management in Seaports”, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly with the State Customs Service of...
What An IAG Takeover Of TAP Air Portugal Could Mean For Europe’s Aviation Industry
Simple Flying
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August 2, 2025
The International Airlines Group - owners of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus - seems to be the ideal candidate to purchase a stake in TAP Air Portugal. The Portuguese flag carrier is on the market, up for grabs by Europe’s big airline...
Meghnad Desai: mentor, ‘Rebellious Lord’, internationalist bridge-builder
OMFIF
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July 30, 2025
Meghnad Desai was a gloriously transformative economist, politician and moral crusader, an intellectual subversive who brought philosophy and tales of past centuries into day-to-day economics. Desai, who died in his native India on 29 July, aged...
Promise of more police
The Portugal News
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Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of 439 new Public Security Police (PSP) officers in Torres Novas, Luís Montenegro highlighted the importance of security services in upholding the rule of law. “Without a strong, active, and well-prepared...
Portugal to recognize state of Palestine 'as early as September,' premier's office tells media
Yeni Safak
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Portugal plans to recognize the state of Palestine "as early as September," local media reported Thursday, citing sources in the prime minister's office. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's office said that if the conditions "presented and largely...
Fifty Young People from the Region Attend the 3rd ‘State of Peace’ Academy
Sarajevo Times
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August 3, 2025
The third Youth Academy “State of Peace,” organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center, was officially opened today in Europe House in Sarajevo. This year’s program “State of...
US tariffs to hit Serbia hardest in Balkans, Trump confirms
BNE Intellinews
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order finalising steep new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries, confirming that Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the hardest hit in the Balkans under the administration’s sweeping...
This year's Fire Island Pines Party is going strong, and 'the message is self-love'
Gothamist - New York
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Thousands of people have once again descended upon a stretch of sand on a barrier island in the Great South Bay, an approximately 700-home community with an enormously outsized cultural influence: The Fire Island Pines. Since 1999, the annual Fire...