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Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria: Relations between Bulgaria and Turkiye Have Great Potential
Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Sait Uyanik, who spoke at the Fourth Balkan Business Forum here on Saturday, said that the bilateral relation between Bulgaria and Turkiye have a great potential. The Ambassador said that the two countries...

Christopher Nolan & Denis Villeneuve's Careers Are Weirdly Similar: 10 Odd Parallels
Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve are two of the most celebrated directors in cinema today. Both are renowned for their cerebral approaches to blockbuster filmmaking, and for revolutionizing the sci-fi genre on the big screen. Born less than...

Lille president confirms desire to sell Napoli target Edon Zhegrova
17Edon Zhegrova (26) looks set to leave Lille OSC, with the club president, Olivier Létang, revealing that the club have no intention of attempting to keep him beyond this summer. The winger who arrived in 2022 from Basel has entered the final...
Stand by me
Memorial Day and Independence Day are two holidays that will always be linked in my mind. When I was a boy, Independence Day was more important. Memorial Day meant a visit to the cemetery, but Independence Day meant fireworks, picnics and the...

11 Best Backpage Alternatives Websites to Try in 2025
Discover the best Backpage alternatives for adult classifieds and personal ads with safety The original Backpage website faced a permanent shutdown in 2018 due to legal issues. These issues included allegations of facilitating illegal activities...

A history of the federal election of the North Island: 1993 to 2004
This is Part Eleven of a multiseries. Read Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, and Ten. The 1993 Canadian Election returned Canada to the hands of the Liberal Party of Canada. Jean Chrétien and his party won 177 seats and...

Trump Speaks to Russia’s Putin, as the US Halts Military Aid to Zelensky’s Ukraine (VIDEOS)
After his success in stopping several world conflicts, Trump is still toiling to stop the bloodshed in Europe between Russia and Ukraine. As conservative activist Charlie Kirk has reminded us, the US Donald J. Trump administration has ended four...

Actors Who Had A Lot To Say About Their Time In Wars
It wasn't until the 20th century that the world became acquainted with, for better and for worse, respectively, the idea of people becoming extremely famous for their ability to pretend to be other people, and intercontinental global conflict. Two...

Franciscan University appoints Dr. Stephen Lewarne as visiting professor
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR '89 President | Franciscan University website Franciscan University of Steubenville has appointed Dr. Stephen Lewarne as a visiting professor of economics and finance, effective from the upcoming fall semester. With over...

'Cancel all deals, they are at war': Trump repeats claim on India-Pak conflict
US President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he single-handedly defused what he described as a looming nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan by threatening to scrap all trade ties with both nations. Speaking to reporters at the...

Croatia’s Žito Group launches IPO
Croatian agri-food giant Žito Group on June 26 launched a public offering of shares, aiming to raise between €118mn and €141mn to fund investments and strategic acquisitions as it prepares for a listing on the Zagreb Stock Exchange. Of that total,...

China’s New Mantra To Win Wars — Disruption Over Destruction! Over 90% HPM Patents Filed By Chinese Firms
As tensions escalate in the Taiwan Strait, China has unveiled what appears to be its newest weapon in the arsenal of silent warfare—a mysterious graphite bomb capable of blacking out power grids across targeted areas. The simulation, citing data...

Macedonian PM Slams EU for 'Erasing Identity' from Progress Report
North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has sharply criticized the latest developments in the European Parliament, accusing it of erasing Macedonian identity and language in what he described as a "Taliban-style" move. His remarks...

Balkan Investigative Reporting Highlights: 20 Stories from 20 Years
From 2005 onwards, BIRN has expanded its work across more than 17 countries, building a network of reporters, editors, researchers and media partners. BIRN journalists have uncovered cross-border criminal networks, tracked disinformation...

Macut receives Spanish ambassador
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut received Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Juan Jose Sanz Aparicio on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and deepening the cooperation at all levels, above all, in the economy. According to a statement released by...

EU Parliament set to remove “Macedonian identity and language” from draft report on North Macedonia
The three largest political forces in the European Parliament - the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe - have agreed to remove the terms “Macedonian identity” and “Macedonian language” from the draft report on North Macedonia's progress, BGNES reports. The...

Middleman for Mossad faces hefty jail term in Türkiye
The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul wrapped up an indictment against Kosovar national Liridon Rexhepi, who is accused of running a financial network for Israel’s Mossad. Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Monday that prosecutors asked for a...

Nudity at the Beach Still a Taboo in Albania, Citizens Call for Designated Areas
At a time when many foreign tourists choose Albania for their vacations and often have no issue going topless on the beach, for the majority of Albanians, this remains a line that should not be crossed. In Durrës, beachgoers express surprise — and...

Algorithmic bias: Platform capitalism, data and reality
According to data from Duke University Reporters' Lab, there are 443 platforms actively engaged in fact-checking worldwide (Duke Reporters' Lab, 2025). These organizations play an important role in combating disinformation; however, their...

Protesters outside the US House make a last stand against the GOP megabill
WASHINGTON — Protesters demonstrated against the “big beautiful bill” outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as House Republicans whipped votes to get the bill across the finish line and to President Donald Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July Fourth...