UNDP’s Xu starts two-day Albania visit

TIRANA, Oct 6 (TemA) — Haoliang Xu, UN under-secretary-general and acting UNDP administrator, begins a two-day visit to Albania to deepen ties and back reforms linked to EU accession and the Sustainable Development Goals. He will meet Prime...

Mayor Adams heads to Albania, with Albanian government footing some of the bill

With only three months left in office, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday he’s taking a trip to Albania – with lodging and ground transportation paid for by the Albanian government. The four-day trip came at the invitation of the prime minister of...

Judge Shot to Death in Albanian Courtroom

Judge Astrit Kalaja. Photo: BIRN. Judge Astrit Kalaja has died in hospital on Monday after being shot by a gunman inside Tirana’s Court of Appeal – drawing shocked reactions from political leaders in Albania. According to Albanian media reports,...

Serbian Parliament To Fast-Track Jared Kushner Property Development

The Serbian Parliament is set to approve a special law to fast-track a planned property development in Belgrade by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, overriding local concerns about the project. Legislators will gather on...

One week after dropping reelection bid, NYC Mayor Eric Adams heads to Albania

Exactly one week after dropping his reelection bid, Mayor Eric Adams boarded a flight to Albania. City Hall says the purpose of the four-day trip, for which he left Sunday, is to foster business relationships for the city, not to explore any...

Eric Adams’s office insists quick trip to Albania isn’t a grift days after he pulls out of NYC mayoral race

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Western Balkans Delegates Gather in Sofia and Plovdiv for Cultural Diplomacy Seminar

The State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs is organizing a working visit to Bulgaria mottoed "Rethinking Cultural Cooperation in the Western Balkans". The event is taking place in Sofia and Plovdiv on October 6-10 and is...

Belgium wants to send foreign criminals off to Albania or Kosovo

Belgium is looking beyond the European Union’s borders to house foreign criminals that are also illegal migrants, who account for a third of all prisoners in the country’s overcrowded jails. Among a prison population of 13,000, which has led to...

REPORT: New Visions Forum Croatia @ Ji.hlava 2025

03/11/2025 - The projects presented in the event offered insight into the current directions taken by Croatian documentary storytelling Behind Open Doors by Nikola Kuprešanin The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival placed a special...

TITANÍQUE — THE MUSICAL Splashes into São Paulo with Céline Dion, Camp, and Chaos Afloat

São Paulo, Brazil — Now playing at Teatro Sabesp Frei Caneca until December 14, TitanÍque — The Musical is everything you never knew you needed: a gloriously unhinged parody of Titanic (yes, the 1997 blockbuster with Leo and Kate), retold by none...

Draft Progress Report: Kosovo Shows Limited Progress, Political Deadlock Blamed

Kosovo’s progress on the European Union agenda has been hindered by divisive domestic politics and the political deadlock following the February 9 parliamentary elections, despite the country’s continued commitment to the European path and high...

Colombia’s Petro Ends His Middle East Tour in Qatar

Colombia’s Petro ends its Middle East tour in Qatar, after visiting Saudi Arabia and Egypt and strengthening alliances with these countries. Credit: Mauricio Vélez / Presidency of Colombia. The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, concluded his...

Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Announced at The VEINS 2025

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The VIVA Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of vascular medicine through education and research, today announced results from the Late-Breaking Clinical Trials...

This Unesco-listed treasure is the best way to visit Greece this autumn

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SKY express adds Madrid as new direct destination from Athens

SKY express has launched a direct Athens–Madrid service, its second destination in the Iberian Peninsula, operating five times weekly as part of its international network expansion. SKY express has expanded its international network with the...

Letting the light take over: Gisela McDaniel portraits in Ogunquit

by Brian Boyd On view through November 16 at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA), “Gisela McDaniel: Inina” (inina means CHamoru for “glimmer of light”) is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. Born in Nebraska in 1995,...

Art and diplomacy converge on Day 2 of WCF

Global artists, diplomats share creative space as Karachi celebrates culture through film, theatre, and musicArgentina’s Ambassador Leopoldo Francisco Sahores and other guests visit the art exhibition ‘Peace & Pieces – Volume 1’ featuring works by...

North Macedonia Municipal Runoffs Seal Ruling Party’s Triumph

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister and head of VMRO DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski celebrates with his wife Roza and supporters in Skopje on Sunday after the runoff vote. Photo: EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI. After Sunday’s local election runoffs, the ruling VMRO...

Lin Village Declared 'Urban Architectural Ensemble', Added to UNESCO Heritage

The picturesque Albanian village of Lin, situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid near Pogradec, has been officially declared an “Urban Architectural Ensemble” and incorporated into the Albanian component of the UNESCO World Heritage list. The...

Commemorating 110th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide – IX

Treaty of Sèvres, Ataturk, and Treaty of Lausanne By Eng. HAMBERSOM AGHBASHIAN Treaty of Sèvres By 1918, Allied troops had captured all the Empire’s remaining territories outside of Anatolia, and On October 30, 1918, the Ottomans signed an...