News archive of August 2022

The Social Democrat-led government on Thursday declined to comment on allegations made the previous night by the head of North Macedonia's Organised Crime Prosecution, Vilma Ruskovska, who complained of "pressure" from Arafat Muaremi, head of the Financial Police, after she launched a pre-investigation into this institution.

Over 46,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the United States Tennis Association, USTA, to work with the US government to allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to enter the US to compete in the US Open tournament.

According to the world media, China allegedly launched 11 ballistic missiles in waters near Taiwan, the country's defense ministry announced. Also, information emerged that he raised fighter jets in response to military exercises by the Chinese army.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The UAF destroyed a command post of the coast guard of the Russian fleet in Chernobayevka

Moldova has won a lawsuit filed at the Arbitration Court of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce by the offshore company from Cyprus that manages Chisinau International Airport, Komaksavia Airport Invest Ltd.

"Just in the first 4 months after the start of the war in Ukraine, 4,200 tons of weapons with the signature of Kornelia Ninova were exported, unloaded at the Rzeszow airport in Poland, 70 km away. from the Ukrainian border."

This was stated by the former head of "Kintex" Alexander Mihailov at a media briefing.

Injured tourist evacuation on the mountain of Durmitor, Montenegro. Photo: Montenegro's Mountain Rescue Service

On August 3, the Mountain Service conducted two rescue missions on Mt Durmitor, when they evacuated a family from Poland and two more persons.

The US Senate approved a resolution ratifying the protocols for the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO after the historic decision of these two countries to renounce their neutrality due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, "AFP" reported.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for special taxes on oil and gas companies. His statement comes as rising energy prices fueled by the war in Ukraine are pushing industry profits to new highs. All this is happening while households struggle with ever-increasing bills, the UN Secretary-General emphasizes.

China's People's Liberation Army has begun military exercises involving live fire on the waters and in the airspace around the island of Taiwan, Chinese state television reported on Thursday.