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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...

Djuric meets with Czech special Western Balkans envoy
BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric received Czech special Western Balkans envoy Edita Hrda in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the current situation in the region, Serbia’s EU integration process and key issues of mutual interest. Djuric said the...

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...

EditorialConfusion over damage to Iran's nuclear sites bodes ill for talks
On June 22, the US sent seven stealth bombers, backed by fighter jets and submarines firing cruise missiles, to target three Iranian nuclear facilities. The operation came off the back of a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian...

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...

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...

Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month
THE General Synod’s Business Committee has “laid on a very busy group of sessions” for July, the Synod’s secretary-general, William Nye, said on Thursday, as the full agenda was published. Clergy pay, the governance of the House of Bishops, and...

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...

Q&A: Sebastian Junger Worries War Journalism Is Less Safe and Viable Than Ever
Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In April of 2011, the photojournalist Tim Hetherington was on assignment in the Libyan city of Misrata when he was struck in the groin by shrapnel. Hetherington and another photojournalist,...

US warned Modi of Pakistan’s massive attack on May 9 night : Jaishankar
WASHINGTON: Indian External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has revealed that the Trump administration had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a massive attack by Pakistan if India did not agree to certain conditions, according to...

Bombing for peace: Who won, who lost in the Iran-Israel war
Bombing for Peace, a contradiction in terms, was a NATO concept, practised at the turn of the last century to deal with recalcitrant Serb forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 and Yugoslavia in 1999 for their human rights' violations in Bosnia and...

European Parliament Set to Remove Macedonian Identity and Language from North Macedonia Report?
The three largest political groups in the European Parliament - EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe - have allegedly reached an agreement to remove references to Macedonian identity and language from the draft report on North Macedonia, BGNES reports. This...

The Navy’s Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for China and Russia
Key Points and Summary on Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The US Navy’s Ford-class supercarriers, the largest warships ever built, represent a massive investment in American power projection but are plagued by problems. -With a unit cost of nearly...
Geopolitical risk in the euro area
Geopolitical risk is on the rise worldwide, playing a critical role in shaping macroeconomic and financial developments, including output, inflation, and financial stability (e.g. Attinasi and Mancini (2025), Coibion et al. (2025), D’Orazio et al....

Serbia's FM And Czech Envoy Talk EU Integration Steps (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić held talks with the Special Envoy of the Czech Republic for the Western Balkans, Edita Hrdá, about the current situation in...

The fascinating history of how residents named informal settlements in Nairobi
Kibera slum in Nairobi. [File, Standard] In Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, it is estimated that over 70 per cent of the population live in informal settlements. Many of these have a history rooted in colonial policies whereby the “African native”...

Merz vs Tusk vs Weber
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta, in Brussels. We welcome feedback and tips here. You can sign up here. Donald Trump posted overnight that Israel has “agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE,...

The founder of ‘Art of Living’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally respected spiritual leader
Due to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s self-development programmes, millions of people around the globe are experiencing stress relief, peace and good health. These programmes, though based on ancient yoga techniques, aredevelopedas per current...

H-Hour: Russia’s War Against Europe
4Last year, during a working-level exchange with officials from NATO Headquarters, I received a response to an assertion found in one of the Centre for “XXI Strategy”’s studies—something that might seem self-evident in the eleventh year of...

Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals
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