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Western Balkans face severe drought and water restrictions during heat wave

Associated Press · July 3, 2025

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Western Balkans faces a severe drought after a heat wave hit the region, disrupting daily life and creating issues with agriculture and power. Temperatures on Thursday in central Albania reached 40 C (104 F) and...

Details of the UN resolution on 'gay rights' Ghana 'refused' to vote on

GhanaWeb · July 10, 2025

The John Dramani Mahama government has come under intense scrutiny following reports of Ghana’s representatives at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) absenting themselves from a vote on an issue that had to do with ‘gay rights’....

Teen violence rises amid parenting gaps, social media

Gazeta Tema · July 4, 2025

TIRANA, July 4 - A growing rise in adolescent violence is emerging in schools and communities, with sociologists pointing to unregulated social media use and decreasing parent–child communication as key drivers. “Social networks are a major...

Celebrating diversity and heritage at Silk Road Int'l Music Festival [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

The 14th Silk Road International Music Festival has been successfully held in the historic city of Shaki, Azernews reports. Co-organized by the Culture Ministry, Azerbaijan Composers' Union and Shaki Executive Power, the festival brought together...

The underrated artsy capital named Europe’s best budget city break

Time Out ·

Often overshadowed by the popularity of Albania’s Mediterranean coastline, Tirana, the country’s capital city, is well worthy of a place on your city break radar, particularly if you’re travelling on a budget. When branding destinations as...

UK Holidaymakers Are Skipping Spain And Portugal For These 5 Budget-Friendly Destinations

HuffPost UK · July 8, 2025

St. Michael's church and Matthias Corvinas monument in Cluj-Napoca, Romania According to aviation analysts Cirium, Brits appear to be skipping Spain and Portugal this holiday season in favour of North African locations like Morocco and Tunisia....

Wizz Air announces a new route from Larnaca!

Knews Kathimerini ·

Wizz Air, Europe’s most environmentally sustainable airline , is delighted to announce a new exciting direct route from Larnaca to Tirana. Following the recent announcement of four new exciting routes, this latest addition further strengthens Wizz...

Everything you need to know about 90 Day Fiancé season 4 including first-look trailer

The Mirror US · July 7, 2025

A sneak peek at a reality TV show teases more explosive drama from hidden religious conversions to controversial age differences. 90 Day Fiancé season 4 is making its comeback this month and viewers won't have to wait much longer. The series...

Migrant 'allowed to stay in UK because he does not want to be made to shave off his beard'

LBC ·

25 June 2025, 14:44 In Tajikistan (file image) beards are unofficially banned and hundreds of thousands of men have been arrested and forcibly shaved. Picture: Getty An asylum seeker has been allowed to remain in the UK because he would have had...

The Malltezi case: When SPAK and GJKKO produced more politics than justice

Gazeta Tema · July 7, 2025

The decision by GJKKO (Albania’s Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime) to lift the house arrest of Sali Berisha’s son-in-law, Jamarbër Malltezi, is fair insofar as it ends the arbitrariness of his preemptive detention. However, it...

Crisis looming for internationalisation industry in HE

University World News ·

GLOBAL University World News has published a variety of articles focusing on internationalisation in the context of recent dramatic geopolitical changes and their impact on higher education globally. Hans de Wit analysed some of these discussions...

OECD Report, SMEs Main Pillar of Employment

Albanian Daily News ·

Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation, Blendi Gonxhja, shared on Saturday the latest data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report “Economic Convergence Scoreboard for the Western Balkans 2025”. According...

Kosovo Serb party launches petition against new bridges in Mitrovica

Gazeta Tema · July 7, 2025

Mitrovica, July 7 – Serb List, Kosovo’s largest ethnic Serb party, launched a petition Monday opposing the construction of two new bridges over the Ibar River in Mitrovica, accusing the government in Pristina of acting unilaterally and ignoring...

Leicester man caught driving to Wales with a kilo of cannabis

Leicestershire Live · July 7, 2025

A Leicester man was caught trying to deliver a kilogramme of cannabis for an Albanian drug gang. The Ford was stopped by police 180 miles from Leicester on a road near Swansea in May. At first, 23-year-old Bledart Livadhi claimed he had borrowed...

Travel agency Trafalgar and sister brands launch 16 new tours, including to villages of France and the Balkans

Channel News Asia · July 8, 2025

Trafalgar: • English Adventure – A family-friendly trip through castles, countryside, and culture. • Villages of France – Slow travel through storybook towns, vineyards and rustic cuisine. • Best of South Korea – A modern-meets-traditional tour...

Migrants are still fodder for propaganda

Il Manifesto · July 13, 2025

For the Italian government’s narrative, the iron fist against migrants who land by sea and the record-breaking quotas in the Flow Decree for those who fly in are two halves of the same design. “We decide who enters Italy,” Giorgia Meloni keeps...

The not-so-affordable housing in the Balkans

Kosovo 2.0 · July 10, 2025

For the past seven years, Dejana Stosic, a 26-year-old, has been renting in Serbia’s capital after relocating from a small town in the south of the country. Stostic recently found a job with a higher salary as a coordinator at a private company in...

The eighth edition of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network

Evangelical Focus · June 25, 2025

The question continues to resurface in evangelical circles: “Is the Catholic gospel the same as the biblical gospel?” A few decades ago, the typical evangelical response was clear and firm: “No. While it may sound similar, the Catholic message...

I've spent the last four months traveling the world full-time... it's not as glamorous as you'd think

Daily Mail · July 7, 2025

A woman who has spent the last four months traveling the world full-time with just a backpack has shared the highs and lows of her lifestyle. Talia Schreiber, 21, from Belmont, California, has had the travel bug since she went on her first solo...

How The Genocide In Srebrenica Became A Model For Global Far-Right Terror

Sarajevo Times · July 11, 2025

More than 8.300 Bosniaks were killed in Srebrenica in 1995, and today international far-right extremists are turning the criminals from that time into heroes, and portraying the genocide as a supposed “defense of Europe.” Emir Suljagic, genocide...