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The best Marella ships and Tui cruise deals for 2025 and 2026
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Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...

NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...

These are the Best First Person Shooter Games with the Most Fun Campaign
Not every FPS lives or dies by its multiplayer. Some leave a lasting mark through their single-player campaigns alone. From tightly-scripted corridor shootouts to sprawling sandbox missions, these games don’t just hand players a gun and point...

EU aims to resolve housing crisis by spring 2026
In a statement, the EU executive said that a public consultation has been underway, from July 11th to October 17th, on the lack of affordable housing in European Union (EU) countries and that the idea is to present a strategy to address the...
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...

Gin will soon lose its unique flavor due to changes in juniper berries
Gin lovers often fuss over tonic brands and garnish choices, yet the real flavor hero hides in the berries of one unassuming shrub. Climate scientists and distillers now warn that the taste of those berries is changing fast. Juniper, the berry...
Government begins TAP reprivatisation process
Luís Montenegro made a statement to journalists at the official residence in São Bento, in the middle of the Council of Ministers meeting, without the right to questions. "We approved a decree-law in which we fulfill a constant point in our...

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...

Odine Expands 5G Portfolio Through Majority Acquisition of Logate D.O.O.
Odine, a global technology partner, has announced the acquisition of a 53.03% stake in Montenegro-based technology company Logate D.O.O., marking a significant milestone in its strategic growth trajectory. This acquisition strengthens Odine’s...

Albania emerges as new frontrunner in EU accession process
Albania has emerged as a new EU accession frontrunner among Western Balkan states, Andreas Schieder, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Albania, said on July 9. This is a significant turnaround for a country that previously lagged behind...

Measles outbreak: Why vaccination matters
A health worker administers a measles vaccine in Montenegro in 2020. A decline in inoculation rates has been attributed to a range of factors including Covid-19 misinformation - Copyright Ritzau Scanpix/AFP Olafur Steinar Gestsson The U.S. is...

June recorded as hottest month ever recorded in several countries including Pakistan
PARIS: June marked the hottest month ever recorded in 12 countries — including Pakistan, Spain, Nigeria, and Japan — while 26 others experienced exceptionally high temperatures, according to an AFP analysis of Copernicus data, the European climate...

Heat Fuels Fire, Fish Deaths and Tensions Over Protests in Eastern Europe
The heat wave that has stifled Europe this week has barreled eastward, fraying nerves at escalating street protests in Serbia and leaving a river in the Czech Republic clogged with dead fish as the effects of global warming accelerate. In Albania,...

Four arrested in California and accused of trying to flatten the tires of federal vehicles using homemade spike strips
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The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, July 13
I am so proud that The Mercury has Sound Off. Other papers can’t deal with a forum like this. The other papers can’t deal with timely commentary on the news. I am even prouder of the MAGA contributors to Sound Off. Most of them stick to the facts....

Vice Chair of La Raza Unida Arrested for Tire Spiking Border Patrol Vehicles in CA - Is CHIRLA Involved?
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Border Patrol agents arrested four anti-ICE violent lunatics on Tuesday, hours after they allegedly used improvised tire spikes to...

Massive landfill fire in Albania contained after blazing for eight days
Firefighters managed to contain a large blaze at the Elbasan landfill on July 8 that had swept through the site over the past week, raising concerns over environmental safety during a spell of high summer temperatures. Elbasan, located in central...

Where The Number Of Millionaires Is Growing
The growth by up to 124 percent was largely driven by millionaires immigrating to the locations, the researchers concluded. Malta’s and Montenegro‘s investment for citizenship schemes are playing a role here as well as the two countries’ mild...

Record-breaking heat in June around the world
PARIS (AFP) -- From Nigeria to Japan, Pakistan to Spain, the month of June was the hottest ever recorded in 12 countries and was exceptionally warm in 26 other countries, according to Agence France-Presse analysis of data from the European monitor...