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How to approach 'accurate' Information in the digital age?
The digital age has brought an unprecedented abundance of information. We are no longer just consumptive actors, but also producers. Countless data, news, and comments appear on our screens every moment. Every piece of content is presented as...

BIG PICTURE: Spa owner opts for early retirement, transitions business to former employees
A Focused Touch Day Spa has opened a new chapter as its founder, Amy Hughes, takes an early retirement. She's leasing out space to her former employees, who now run their own independent businesses.Shelley Swift | Daily Reporter By Shelley Swift |...

Bulgarian Associations in Serbia Back Students amid Cuts in Some University Quotas
The Bosilegrad Cultural and Information Centre, the GLAS - Bosilegrad Association and Cultural Alternative Tsaribrod have expressed outrage over a dramatic reduction in places slated for students from the Bulgarian communities abroad for Medicine,...

Vile people smuggler who trafficked 9 adults & 2 kids argues getting deported would be ‘too disruptive for his children’
A PEOPLE smuggler who trafficked nine adults and two children has argued that being deported would be too disruptive for his kids. Miklovan Bazegurore's lawyers tried to argue that being extradited to Belgium would breach his right to family life....

IMF: The debate over falling fertility
A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives. Global fertility rates have been falling for decades and are reaching historically low levels. While the human population now exceeds...

Scott Ritter: The Birth of the German Fourth Reich
After its defeat, Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich was coaxed back to life by the very forces that once conspired to defeat it. From left: French Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, British Foreign Minister...

In Free Fall
🔊 Listen to Post 'If Lebanon doesn’t act, it will become Bilad al-Sham again,' warns Tom Barrack, Israel escalates strikes as US increases pressure on Hezbollah, Hezbollah satisfied with Lebanese response to US disarmament proposal amidst American...

Kosovo fighter's sentence cut despite court upholding convictions for murder, torture
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court upheld murder, torture and arbitrary detention convictions against a former Kosovo war liberation fighter Monday. But they cut his prison term from 18 years to 13 years,...

The Last Truck
4 Irina Khalip 11.07.2025, 10:42 9,820 Irina Khalip The museum in the prison and the park in Drozdá. There is a museum of testimony and memory in the Albanian city of Shkoder. At the entrance, where ticket prices are listed, it says: "For former...

Opposition MP blames governance for EU delays
TIRANA, July 9 - As Brussels reviews Albania’s path to EU accession, a key opposition voice is pointing inward. Albanian MP Jorida Tabaku says poor governance is the main obstacle to integration, despite citizens “living as Europeans” through...

The not-so-affordable housing in the Balkans
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...

PM vows deep reform as crackdown widens
TIRANA, July 9 - Prime Minister Edi Rama has pledged a sweeping legal overhaul to tackle illegal land use and unauthorized construction, following nationwide demolitions targeting public space encroachments. In a message posted on social media,...

WHO honors global leaders for driving Pandemic Agreement adoption
The World Health Organization has formally recognized the pivotal role of a number of heads of state and government in securing the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2025. At a special event...

Austin FC Can’t Find Breakthrough In Goalless Draw Versus Revs Club struggles with Vazquez benched with season-ending injury
Austin FC's starters recognized their injured teammate, Brandon Vazquez, who suffered a torn ACL in the club's previous match. (credit: Austin FC) After a postponed date with LAFC and a tense U.S. Open Cup clash in San Jose midweek, Austin FC...

Killer virus symptoms as 'highly likely' it will reach UK - detected in Spain
09:38, 04 Jul 2025Updated 09:39, 04 Jul 2025 New instances of a deadly virus have been identified in popular holiday destinations frequented by Brits, and experts are warning it could soon reach the UK. The virus, known as Crimean-Congo...

Aligning Public Resources with National Priorities in Southeast Europe
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with IMF. Faced with intensifying fiscal pressures, from rising health and pension costs to increased defense spending and the need to address gender inequality, climate change, and...
Bregu: Green Transition in Western Balkans Must Be Equitable
Source: Beta News / Politics | 10.07.25 | access_time 20:46 Climate Change (Photo: Pixabay.com) Climate change in the Western Balkans, just like throughout Europe, jeopardizes the health, puts jobs at risk, deepens inequality and burdens the...

It happened today – this day in history – July 10
48BC: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania). 138: Death of Roman emperor Hadrian aged 62. 988: The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the River Liffey. 1040: Lady...

6,823 Mpox Cases and 16 Fatalities Last Month
(Vax-Before-Travel News)The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the 54th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which began in May 2022. The WHO Director-General recently confirmed that the ongoing upsurge of mpox cases...

UK visa in hand? Five European destinations Indian travellers can visit without any extra paperwork
Indian citizens holding a valid, multiple-entry UK visa can explore five European countries without needing separate Schengen or local visas, as long as specific conditions are met. This visa-linked access provides Indian travellers with expanded...