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The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ihor Zhovkva, met with the Special Envoy of the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry, Spyridon Lambridis, agreeing to finalize a bilateral security agreement soon. 

Spain, Ireland and Norway said Wednesday that they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that came amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel's offensive.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hailed progress in a UK-Albania joint effort to cut illegal migration while visiting Tirana on Wednesday.

Cameron said small boat arrivals from Albania to the UK fell by over 90% in 2023 as the two countries fought people smuggling gangs, and Britain has removed almost 6,000 Albanians, according to a Foreign Office statement .

Todor Angelov, a Bulgarian candidate for the European Parliament (MEP), has reportedly visited the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia region, which is currently under Russian occupation, according to a report from TASS.

The US Defence Department and the Nigerien Ministry of National Defence have reportedly reached an agreement for the withdrawal of US military forces from Niger by September 15, as per a CNN report.

For more than two years, Doctors of the World Greece (MdM-Greece) have been working relentlessly in Ukraine to help rebuild hospitals and shelters, and provide medical, psychological and material support to locals forced to flee occupied territories amid mines and shelling and the sorrowful sound of sirens.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with US Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen on Friday, noting that her visit to Belgrade came at an important time and was greatly contributing not only to dynamic and versatile political dialogue at high and the top level, but also to a new era of US-Serbia relations in the past decade.

Google has allocated 1 million dollars in scholarships for young scientists working at the Bulgarian Institute for Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, and Technologies (INSAIT), affiliated with Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski." This donation marks one of the largest contributions worldwide from the technology giant in 2024.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belgrade Kamil Hasiyev on Wednesday.

Vucevic said Azerbaijan's principled position on Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty when it comes to the Kosovo-Metohija issue was extremely important to Belgrade, the Serbian government said in a statement.

An annual report that tracks good governance has found that Greece has improved the most internationally since the index was launched in 2021 but still remains a laggard when it comes to financial stewardship.