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Dr. Polina Karastoyanova, executive director of the National Board of Tourism, emphasized the critical need for the "Black Sea" highway during an appearance on bTV's morning program. She highlighted the necessity of establishing a direct connection between Constanta and Istanbul and promoting international airlines to operate flights to Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, and Burgas airports.

Grigoris Polychronidis made a strong start in the BC3 boccia category at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. The “gold” Paralympian from London, with ramp operator Katerina Patroni, won 5-2 against French competitor Gilles Menard (with ramp operator Christophe Menard) in his first match of the 4th qualifying group.

"Hey mate!" a cyclist called to us in an Australian accent as he pedaled by on the rocky dirt road that serves as the main street of the village of Theth deep in Albania's Dinaric Alps. Along with my friend and travel companion, Dave, I had not seen another bikepacker in four days.

The European Commission has announced the start of production for 12 new Canadair DHC 515 firefighting aircraft, which will form the permanent European forest firefighting fleet (rescEU). These aircraft will be permanently stationed in Greece, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

Beijing on Wednesday launched a probe into EU subsidies of some dairy products imported into China, the day after the bloc said it planned to impose five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

Croatia will reintroduce compulsory military service starting January 1, 2025, with a service period lasting two months, as announced by Croatian Defense Minister Ivan Anušić. This decision marks a return to conscription, which had been suspended since 2008 when the country shifted to a volunteer-based system.

The fires raging out of control in Attica with high winds making the extinguishing work difficult.

The director of the National Meteorological Service, Thodoris Kolydas said that until the early afternoon hours (5 to 6 p.m.) the northeast winds will remain strong. As he pointed out, the average intensity reached 6 to 7 Beaufort at noon.