Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that Ukraine's invasion of the Russian Kursk region is legally justified due to Kyiv's right to self-defense. In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag, Stoltenberg emphasized that this right extends beyond Ukraine's borders under international law.

Ukraine was fully within its rights to launch its surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk border region as an act of self-defense, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told German newspaper Die Welt.

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo performs at the ancient Panathenaic Stadium during a concert along with his compatriot tenor Jose Carreras (not pictured) in Athens, Greece, on 10 July. Spanish tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo delivered a performance at Panathenaic Stadium with a repertoire spanning classical masterpieces, Broadway hits and traditional Spanish and Neapolitan songs.

Placido Domingo at the Sani Festival

Spanish tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo are set to deliver a historic performance at Athens' Kallimarmaro Stadium (Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue) on July 10. The duo, renowned worldwide for their operatic prowess, are set to captivate their audience with a repertoire spanning classical masterpieces, Broadway hits and traditional Spanish and Neapolitan songs.

New Democracy bears a "huge responsibility" for its populism in undermining his government after Greece's financial woes became known and for prolonging the country's bailout regime, former prime minister George Papandreou said on Friday.

BELGRADE- Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said on Friday in Belgrade his country always advocated dialogue during any conflict and that it had never supported sanctions against any country.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and the UAE presidential envoy, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Friday.

The trilateral meeting was also attended by Hungarian and UAE delegations.

An investigation is underway against the pro-Russian party "Vazrazhdane" for a particularly vile Nazi collage published on the Telegram social network, which depicts former foreign minister of Bulgaria Solomon Passy.

"Putin hates Europe. He hates our Western world. He hates our values ​​and unfortunately we will never compromise with him because he wants us dead and we want to live. It's that simple.