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KYIV, Ukraine - They had won one battle and then sat to watch a battle of a different kind. Eight Ukrainian national guard soldiers who had helped stall a Russian offensive in the northern Kharkiv region of Ukraine took the afternoon off Monday to watch the men's national soccer team play its first game of the European Championship.

The Israeli PM will be making sensitive decisions with a smaller advisory team

The World Bank has revised its economic forecast for Bulgaria downward for the third consecutive time, according to its latest summer report. Initially projecting a growth rate of 2.1% for this year, the institution's revised forecast marks a decrease of 0.3 percentage points. This adjustment follows previous expectations from last summer, where growth was anticipated at 2.7%.

Russia is attempting to divide the Moldovan people by manipulating various ethnic regions, including those with Bulgarian populations. James Rubin, the US Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Center for Global Engagement at the State Department, revealed this in an interview with Club Z.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has announced over 1.5 billion USD in aid to Ukraine. The announcement was made during the two-day peace conference on Ukraine held in Switzerland.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with German special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin to discuss the situation in the region, unfulfilled agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - above all, those related to the safety of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities - the continuation of Serbia's EU path

SKOPJE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with European External Action Service Deputy Managing Director Marko Makovec in Skopje on Thursday, noting that Serbia was sincerely committed to reforms that were significant for its EU integration and was striving to build a relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states.

As preparations are underway for the G-7 meeting in the Puglia region, a fight erupted in Rome during a session of the lower house of the Italian Parliament. A member of the opposition's populist "Five Star" movement attempted to hand the Italian flag to the Minister of Regional Affairs, but was attacked by other MPs in the process.

In a humanitarian initiative by the "Diplomatic Properties in the Country" agency, 30 Ukrainian children who have lost a parent in the war will find accommodation in Bulgaria's renowned resort, "Golden Sands."

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received UK Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Wednesday.

Vucevic noted that he was concerned over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and underscored Pristina must be put under pressure to ensure dialogue was continued and the terror against Kosovo-Metohija Serbs stopped.