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Short-term rental accommodation bookings data show an extension of the summer tourism season with the promotion of September as the "new August."

According to AirDNA's latest monthly survey, Greece recorded the third largest increase in bookings across Europe, with 96% more overnight stays than in the same period last year.

The Museum of Cycladic Art (cycladic.gr) presents "Identities: Gender, Diversity, Discrimination," the first of three exhibitions it is hosting in cooperation with the Graz Museum in Austria and the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation in Nicosia on the theme "ReThinking." A part of the "ReInHerit" project, funded by the European Union's Horizon2020 program, "ReThinking" seeks to address the issu

Within the framework of the visit to Austria, Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev held a meeting with his colleague Gerhard Karner, Federal Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Austria. The emphasis in the talks was placed on the recent positive resolution of the issue of Bulgaria's Schengen membership.

Output in the construction sector of the EU, and in particular the Eurozone, rose steadily for the second month in a row since the start of 2023, while construction in Bulgaria fell, erasing a weak increase in January, Eurostat data showed.

The Klagenfurt-based law firm of members of the Slovenian community in Carinthia has filed a complaint with the Austrian Constitutional Court over the country's recent decision to extend controls at the border with Slovenia for yet another six months.

Drago Jančar, the internationally-acclaimed Slovenian writer, has won the 30th Latisana per il Nord Est international literary prize for his 2017 novel And Love Itself (In ljubezen tudi).

A record six women directors will compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May, organizers announced on April 13, with the film festival promising a who's who of Hollywood A-listers and award-winning filmmakers.

After Austria decided to extend checks on its internal Schengen border yet again, the Italian home affairs minister has assured his Slovenian counterpart Italy is not planning to impose controls on its border with Slovenia despite having declared a state of emergency due to a surge in migrants.

Croatia's Bureau for the Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime, USKOK, has filed an indictment against eight Croatian citizens for smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and selling weapons.

The principal defendant, Petar Cosic, 52, is also accused of the murder of Milan Milovac, 47, who collaborated with the Belgrade drug lord Darko Saric.

The state of the Czech environment is among the worst in the EU, and inferior to all of its Visegrad peers, according to the 2023 Prosperity Index, published on Tuesday. High greenhouse gas emissions, poor efficiency, drought and rising volumes of waste helped push the Czech environment down into 22nd place out of the 27 member states.