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Louth pair shine bright at European Youth Olympic Festival in baking Skopje heat
Irish Independent
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Estella Volkoff and Rian McCrystal did themselves, the country and the Dundalk area proud with their performances in last week’s European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje, North Macedonia. Carlingford-based Estella was in the Irish gymnastics team...
Electronic Payments to Limit Cash Use
Albanian Daily News
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In Albania, payments for goods and services are still predominantly made in cash, causing the circulation of money to remain uncontrolled, its source untraceable, and enabling the avoidance of tax obligations. “The market economy in Albania was...
Forza Italia Expands Its Presence Abroad: New Headquarters Opens in Tirana Under Lorenzo Grassini’s Leadership
Albanian Daily News
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In a move that signals renewed strategic engagement in Southeast Europe, Italy’s centre-right party Forza Italia has inaugurated its new headquarters in Tirana, appointing Lorenzo Grassini as Coordinator for the Balkan Countries. The office is...
Ashurst advises Renalfa IPP on €315 million financing of CEE renewable energy projects
The National Tribune
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July 31, 2025
Global law firm Ashurst has advised Renalfa IPP in relation to its landmark €315 million HoldCo financing which was approved for an Invest EU guarantee scheme. The consortium of lenders included the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Albania ranks among least motorized in Europe
Gazeta Tema
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July 31, 2025
Albania has one of the lowest car ownership rates in Europe, with just 328 vehicles per 1,000 people, Eurostat reports for 2024 — meaning only one in three Albanians owns a car. Despite a rise from last year due to adjusted population figures and...
What we know about IU's international recruits playing in Puerto Rico
Evansville Courier & Press - Indiana
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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball's most recent signees have yet to arrive on campus as the program prepares for a trip out to Puerto Rico. The Hoosiers rounded out their roster for the 2025-26 season by landing Aleksa Ristic and Andrej Acimovic...
WTF?! Anibar animates uncertainty
Kosovo 2.0
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July 31, 2025
This year, the 16th edition of the Anibar International Film Festival tackled the present, one marked by deepening precarity, affective exhaustion, and the recursive failures of history. The festival mobilized both memory and this turbulent...
Brendan Rodgers decides Celtic transfer to do list after Simpson-Pusey with three crucial deals
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 31, 2025
Celtic are set to rubber stamp Man City defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey as their next summer signing - but the deals are unlikely to stop there. The 19-year-old is set to add depth to one problem position at Parkhead after Pep Guardiola gave the...
After 14 Years, Al Jazeera Balkans to Cease Broadcast – Regional News Network Signs Off At Midnight
Sarajevo Times
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July 31, 2025
It has been confirmed to Klix.ba that after fourteen years of successful work in the Balkans, the regional television project Al Jazeera Balkans is being shut down at midnight. Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB) is the regional arm of the Qatar-based Al...
Exclusive: Birmingham 'Quietly Confident' of Signing Marvin Ducksch
GiveMeSport
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July 31, 2025
Birmingham City are continuing to chase Werder Bremen star Marvin Ducksch as the former German international remains top of their hit-list to spearhead a Championship assault. Although negotiations with his Bundesliga employers over a potential...
Boulder Imaging, Oikon Launch IdentiFlight
Business Ghana
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Boulder Imaging has partnered with Oikon Ltd., Croatia's leading environmental consultancy, to bring AI-powered bird protection technology to wind farms across Southeast Europe. Through the deployment of Boulder Imaging's IdentiFlight system, the...
Will Indiana basketball's recent international signees play in Puerto Rico?
Martinsville Reporter-Times - Indiana
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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball's most recent signees have yet to arrive on campus as the program prepares for a trip out to Puerto Rico. The Hoosiers rounded out their roster for the 2025-26 season by landing Aleksa Ristic and Andrej Acimovic...
Lost in limbo: calls for repatriation of Swiss jihadist detainees in Syria grow louder
Swissinfo
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July 31, 2025
In Camp Roj, northeastern Syria, relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State group are held. Afp Or Licensors Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English...
Clear waters: Where are the cleanest and least safe bathing spots in Europe?
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
Keen swimmers seeking the perfect bathing spot are more than likely to be in safe waters in Europe, at least when it comes to chemicals. The latest European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis, looking at 22,127 coastal, lake and river locations,...
Eastern Europe scorches on as heatwave and wildfires rage
Daily News Hungary
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July 26, 2025
High temperatures and wildfires continue to affect much of Eastern Europe, following weeks of record-breaking heat across the continent. Eastern European countries, including Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Albania, and North...
EU to launch new biometric border checks
Gazeta Tema
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July 30, 2025
The European Union will roll out a new Entry/Exit System (EES) starting 12 October, replacing manual passport stamps with biometric border checks. The system will record travelers’ fingerprints or facial images, entry and exit times, and...
Latvia shock Lithuania, Lastring has block party as last eight is set
FIBA Basketball
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BELGRADE (Serbia) - The FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2025 Quarter-Finals are set with one major surprise after Latvia took down Lithuania while France survived a surprise fight and hosts Serbia were among the blowout winners. The champions from the last...
Serbia to import one billion cubic metres of gas from Azerbaijan
Serbian Monitor
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July 30, 2025
The quantity of gas that Serbia will import from Azerbaijan in the future could be increased to one billion cubic metres, which is 2.5 times more than the originally agreed 400 million cubic metres. This was stated to Azerbaijani outlet Report by...
United Kingdom Tops Europe in External Debt With $9.6 Trillion
24/7 Wall St.
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July 30, 2025
Key Points The UK has a massive $9.6 trillion in external debt This figure practically dwarfs the combined military budgets of most NATO members This figure also holds a bearing on how any given country conducts itself on the global stage and can...
FC Qarabag into UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
APA
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Azerbaijan’s football club Qarabag have secured their spot in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League after defeating Irish side Shelbourne 4-0 on aggregate, APA reports. The decisive goal at the Tofig Bahramov Stadium on Wednesday...