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NEW YORK - Since COVID-19, Serbia has been one of emerging Europe's better performers, according to Paul Gamble, senior director in the Sovereign Group at Fitch Ratings, who notes that the Serbian government had "rationalised spending, enabling it to reduce debt, which has been backed up by strong growth and investment."

According to Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, the number of cruise ships and passengers that visited Türkiye has reached a record level in 2023.

Uraloğlu evaluated the statistics announced by the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs on the number of cruise ships and passengers anchored in Turkish ports.

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis urged more investors from the United States to invest in Greece, in his speech on Monday at the 25th Invest in Greece forum organized by Capital Link in New York. 

The government's priorities in boosting connectivity in transport and resilience in infrastructure were presented by Infrastructure & Transport Minister Christos Staikouras at the 25th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum in New York on Monday. 

The terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7 claimed the first media casualty of the war. Yaniv Zohar, known for regularly being first on the scene, has had a long career in the media, including the Associated Press and an Israeli newspaper. Hamas killed the video journalist and his family.

Microsoft and the AFL-CIO, the pre-eminent labor group in the United States, have entered into a partnership to better address the consequences of artificial intelligence on the workforce and to guide government regulation.

NEW YORK - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, says hungry, young players are a source of motivation for him, bringing out the inner beast in him.

"I think they kind of awaken a beast in me," Djokovic said in an interview with the US TV network CBS.

New York's Metropolitan Museum has pulled the curtain back on its latest blockbuster exhibit, showcasing women couturiers many of whom have been kept in the shadows of obscurity until now.

Georgi Gospodinov's acclaimed novel, "Time Shelter," has been integrated into the curriculum of New York University's contemporary novels course, confirmed by the Bulgarian Consulate General in New York.

The course, helmed by Margaret Boe Birns, an expert in contemporary world literature and award-winning teaching, focuses on new literary works by emerging and renowned authors.

The foreign ministers of seven prominent regional countries, including Turkish top diplomat Hakan Fidan, will visit the United States and Canada to urge them for an immediate ceasefire and uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza amid the intensified Israeli offensive against Hamas that has already killed more than 16,000 civilians in the enclave.