Slovenia

In 2023, 6.8% of the EU population faced severe material and social deprivation 👪

Highest rate in:
🇷🇴Romania (19.8%)
🇧🇬Bulgaria (18.0%)
🇬🇷Greece (13.5%)

Lowest in:
🇸🇮Slovenia (2.0%)
🇨🇾Cyprus (2.4%)
🇸🇪Sweden, 🇱🇺Luxembourg & 🇪🇪Estonia (all at 2.5%)

Türkiye appreciates Spain's support for the Palestinian cause, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated on Friday.

The summer months of 2024 were not only the hottest on record but also marked by prolonged periods of high temperatures. The Copernicus service notes: “What we are experiencing is not just numbers in a record book, but weather that affects people’s lives.”

Unprecedented Heat

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to attend a meeting of the Gaza Contact Group on Friday in Madrid.

The group, formed by members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League, aims to address the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a key meeting of the Gaza Contact Group, established by two main Islamic organizations, in Madrid, where efforts for giving an end to the Israeli offensive through a permanent agreement and recognition of Palestine as a full state will be discussed.

It seems that summer has bid us farewell for good, as after the bad weather Atena that hit the country, from Friday the weather scene will be affected – not significantly and only temporarily in the western parts of our country – by a new barometric low.

The information is confirmed in a post by meteorologist Yannis Kallianos, stating:

The European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates again by 25 basis points on Thursday, just days before the US Federal Reserve (Fed) opens its own monetary policy easing cycle.

The European Union is grappling with a sharp increase in both legal and illegal migration, leading several member states to implement temporary border checks, despite their participation in the Schengen area, which typically allows for free movement. The Schengen rules permit such measures only "as a last resort" in response to serious threats to internal security or public order.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has announced that, after a recent trip to Pristina, he would visit Belgrade to prepare the next meeting in the framework of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

BLED - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav Lajcak, announced on Tuesday he had met with Serbian Minister for European Integration Tanja Miscevic at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) in Slovenia.