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...

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...

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...

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...

St. Demetrios Jamaica Celebrates ‘OXI’ Day

JAMAICA, NY – The Greek Afternoon School of St. Demetrios Jamaica held its celebration of ‘OXI’ Day, commemorating October 28, 1940, on Wednesday, October 29. The celebration began with a prayer by the community’s presiding priest, Reverend...

Pakistan’s Bilal Bin Saqib emerging as Global Force in Crypto, AI Leadership: WSJ

ISLAMABAD – Bilal Bin Saqib puts Pakistan on map of global digital economy, and Wall Street Journal named Pakistan’s Minister of State for Crypto and Blockchain, among the world’s most influential leaders shaping the future of cryptocurrency,...

50+ child asylum seekers still missing from Kent Center

More than 50 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children remain missing in the UK, amid concerns of trafficking and protection failures in Kent and beyond. More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK and while in...

Valbona Mezini — The Designer from Gjirokastër Who Creates Clothing for...

For 33 years, fashion designer Valbona Mezini has been running an atelier dedicated to designing and tailoring various types of clothing. Recently, she moved from Tirana back to her hometown, opening her business in the characteristic Bazaar of...

Government Bloc Secures 25 of 33 Municipalities in North Macedonia Run-off Vote

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) won the run-off in the local elections in North Macedonia in 21 of the 33 municipalities and in the City of Skopje, the Central Election...

The man who taught us not to hate

Fatos Nano, the historic leader of Albania’s Socialists, died today, leaving a political legacy that puts both his party and his opponents in a difficult position. His first major contribution was to restore political competition within the former...

‘The Boy With the Light-Blue Eyes’ Offers ‘Dark Folk Tale’ About Fear, Superstition and Acceptance in Rural Greece: ‘It’s for All Who Don’t Belong’

Greek filmmaker Thanasis Neofotistos is in post-production on his buzzy feature debut “The Boy With the Light-Blue Eyes,” a genre-bending coming-of-age story about fear, superstition and acceptance set in the hinterlands of rural Greece. The...

How migrants stall deportation by claiming they were slaves abroad

Within weeks of Shabana Mahmood becoming home secretary, her team realised that there was a serious loophole in the immigration system. A 25-year-old Eritrean man who entered the UK in a small boat and was due to be the first migrant sent back to...

In conversation with Ledia Xhoga, author of Booker-longlisted novel Misinterpretation

To be human is to empathise. Or is it? Can we even call it a binding impulse when it was barely recognised until the past century? For most of our long history, empathy was less seen as a moral instinct than as an aesthetic impulse — something...

Conservative party wins most mayoral races in North Macedonia

SKOPJE, Nov. 3 (TemA) — North Macedonia’s ruling conservative party, VMRO-DPMNE, strengthened its position across the country after winning most mayoral races in Sunday’s local election runoffs, including the capital Skopje. With more than 85...

Sandip Roy: The act of renaming places is a powerful tool in politics

But then I am not the President of the United States claiming to have brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Albania. At a European conclave in Copenhagen held in early October, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told French President Emmanuel Macron...

What set Fatos Nano apart: he knew when to leave

The only real difference between Fatos Nano and every other Albanian politician is that, unlike them, he knew when to leave. Nano was the first leader of Albania’s post-communist transition to introduce a culture of departure into politics — the...

General Debate 01 November 2025

Every day we read of abhorrent crimes in the UK commited by migrants. Getting data is difficult, ‘official’ records don’t seem to exist, particularly for illegal migrants. However, a damning new study, the first major investigation of immigration...

The must-visit holiday spot for 2026 pairs scenic coastlines and historical towns - flights for £40

With 2026 just around the corner, it might be time to start planning for next year's holiday. And Montenegro could be one of the best options, according to new insights from Virtuoso's 2026 Luxe Report. The research found the trending holiday...

USA is isolated on world stage: Trump failed to pressure countries to support illegal blockade of Cuba

A study by the firm Reputation Lab polled people in 60 major countries, and found that the United States has one of the worst reputations on Earth. The US ranking fell from what was already a low rank of 30 out of 60 in 2024 to an even worse 48th...

Literary stops of Istanbul’s Fatih and power of civic sphere

Istanbul's Fatih Municipality has undertaken a highly significant initiative aimed at reviving Türkiye's cultural memory. The book "Memory and Heritage: The Literary Stops of Fatih," prepared by Turgay Anar, offers a vivid testimony to the...