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Venice Film Festival: See the Full Lineup
Variety
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July 22, 2025
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera has unveiled a rich mix of buzzy movies with big stars — as well as smaller titles with awards potential — that will be vying for the Golden Lion during the event’s upcoming 82nd edition....
Gastronomads: Greece’s Pella Stars in Balkan TV Food Series Highlighting Year-Round Appeal
Greek Travel Pages
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July 16, 2025
Photo source: GNTO A dynamic press trip by the popular Balkan food and travel channel Kitchen TV has cast the spotlight on Pella in the Region of Central Macedonia, gathering material to highlight the destination’s rich gastronomy, culture, and...
European Parliament calls for reforms and action on foreign interference in Western Balkans
BNE Intellinews
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The European Parliament adopted three country reports on July 9, stressing the urgent need for reforms in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and North Macedonia, while also calling for effective use of the EU’s Growth Plan and stronger resistance to...
July 22, 2025 UPDATE
Radio Romania International
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July 21, 2025
The latest news from RRI Newsflash Newsroom, 21.07.2025, 20:00 Visit – The president of Romania Nicușor Dan has received an official invitation to visit the United States from the US president Donald Trump, the president’s national security...
Migration pushes EU population to record high, but CEE countries continue to shrink
BNE Intellinews
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Migration drove the European Union’s population to a record 450.4mn last year, Eurostat data showed on July 11, as the bloc increasingly relies on immigrants to offset shrinking birth rates and an ageing population. The EU has recorded more deaths...
Deutsche Telekom Launches Campaign to Empower Gen Z on Data Privacy
The Fast Mode
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July 21, 2025
Gen Z are being doppelgangered – and most don’t even realise it. Their data can be secretly cloned and sold, which is shaping their identities and the world around them, all without their consent. With its new international campaign #OwnYourWorld...
Artists Celebrate Bosilegrad’s Beauty at International Art Event
Bulgarian News Agency
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The fifth edition of an international painting plein-air titled Bosilegrad in Colors concluded with an open-air exhibition in the courtyard of the GLAS Association and BTA Press Club in Bosilegrad. From July 13 to 20, fifteen professional artists...
Athens Heatwave Claims 175 Lives
To Vima
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July 21, 2025
A prolonged and deadly heatwave sweeping across Europe has taken a devastating toll on Athens, where 175 people lost their lives during a recent ten-day period of extreme temperatures. According to a rapid study published by the Grantham Institute...
Is Europe about to scrap the old visa hassle? Big plans for a ‘Holiday Super-Visa’ take shape
Euro Weekly News
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July 21, 2025
Could one visa soon unlock all of Europe? Italy, Greece and France are leading the charge for a single tourist visa to make multi-country trips easier. Credit : Alex Erofeenkov, Shutterstock Dreaming of a European getaway without the visa...
Mitre by mitre: N. Macedonian nuns craft priceless holy headwear
KULR 8 - Montana
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July 8, 2025
In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned throughout the Orthodox world. In her careful hands, the mitre glimmered as if spun from gold. The bulbous silk crown, now...
'Flexible' European tourist visa pushed vs Schengen?
Gulf News
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Italy’s Jubilee visa signals alignment While not explicitly framed as part of the European tourist visa proposal, Italy’s recent introduction of a “Jubilee-Tourism” visa for 2025 pilgrims visiting Rome reflects similar goals. Spearheaded by the...
Turkey’s top appeals court blocks extradition of drug trafficker to Sweden
Nordic Monitor
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July 20, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a surprising move, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay) — the country’s highest appeals court, dominated by Islamist and far-right judges — has blocked the extradition of a man wanted by Swedish authorities on...
Ranked: The Countries With the Most Seniors (2025-2100P)
Visual Capitalist
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July 20, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Countries With the Most Seniors (2025-2100P) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Spas Tashev: Every "Macedonian identity" also includes Bulgarians
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 5, 2025
The draft report on the progress of North Macedonia on its path to European integration has been a hot Balkan topic in recent weeks, after rapporteur Thomas Weitz included in the document concepts such as "Macedonian identity" and "Macedonian...
Budapest ranked among the best family travel destination this summer!
Daily News Hungary
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July 20, 2025
Budapest has been named the fifth-best destination in Europe for families travelling during the summer of 2025, according to the latest research by DiscoverCars.com. The study evaluated over 100 European cities based on a range of factors,...
Ohrid’s Paper Museum Doubles as Handmade Paper Workshop
Bulgarian News Agency
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Tucked away among the many small shops and artisan studios in the old town of Ohrid lies one of its most intriguing attractions: the Paper Museum – a functioning workshop for handmade paper. Though modest in size, the museum offers more than just...
Now, 52 Countries Get Driving Privilege in UAE, But South Asians Miss Out
Arab Times
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July 19, 2025
DUBAI, July 19: The United Arab Emirates has expanded its driving license privileges for tourists and residents, allowing nationals from over 50 countries to legally drive on UAE roads using their home-country licenses — without undergoing any...
Your Guide To Planning A Foreign Retirement
Forbes
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Thessaloniki, Greece, on the Aegean Sea, is among 96 places in 24 countries that Forbes recommends for retiring abroad. iStock/Getty Images Baltimore-reared Larry Swift was already living abroad, working as a security contractor in Saudi Arabia,...
UAE adventurers embark on 12,600km-long overland trip through 26 countries
Middle East News 247
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July 11, 2025
A group of intrepid adventurers from the United Arab Emirates has launched an ambitious overland journey spanning 26 countries, setting off from Dubai and concluding in Scotland. The 12,600km-long expedition aims to promote cultural exchange and...
Is There Such a Thing as Turkish Marxism?
Cosmonaut Magazine
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The question of whether there is such a thing as “Turkish Marxism” continues to provoke debate among scholars and activists. While Marxist theory has profoundly influenced political movements and social struggles in Türkiye for over a century, the...