News archive of August 2022

New anti-epidemic measures come into effect in Sofia from today for 15 days.

Masks become mandatory in closed public places such as medical facilities, pharmacies, administrative offices, commercial establishments, public transport, railway and bus stations, Sofia Airport and metro stations. In malls, masks are mandatory in separate commercial establishments not in the common areas.

Greece's privatization agency (HRADF) has signaled an intent to prepare and push forward with international tenders for a handful of state-owned and managed assets, even over the summer season, including for the Attiki Odos tollway in the greater Athens urban area and the sell-off of another 30 percent of the Athens International Airport.

The anniversary of the military-police operation Storm, during which the largest exodus of Serbs since World War II was recorded at the beginning of August 1995, will also be marked as a national holiday in Croatia this year - the Day of Victory and Homeland Gratitude and Veterans' Day, while in Serbia that crime that goes unpunished will be marked with a commemorative rally in Novi Sad.

This was reported by the Montenegrin portal CdM, and this information was confirmed by the president of the Montenegrin Helsinki Committee, Miodrag Vlahovi, who expressed his respect for Akovi for that decision.

Pantheon Tankers Management, of the Anna Angelikousis Family, received the newly built tanker "Sea Sapphire," a Suezmax with a carrying capacity of 157.00 dwt.

The ship was built at New Times Shipbuilding CO. LTD in China and was following sister ship Sea Onyx which was delivered to the company in June.

In this context, he pointed to conflict situations and threats around the world in recent days, including the Balkans.

Experts and opposition politicians have questioned the standard of Kosovo's latest draft national security strategy.

New tensions erupted over the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh on Aug. 3 as three soldiers were killed and Azerbaijan said it had taken control of several strategic heights in the disputed region.

Arch enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan fought two wars - in 2020 and in the 1990s - over the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Local governments have for decades pushed Roma to live in polluted, flood-prone, or hazardous areas on the edges of towns - now some Roma-led organizations are joining forces to call for change.

China's largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off on Aug. 4, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its territory.