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Slovenia get reality check in June slot of Euro 2024 qualifying
After winning the first two matches in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying to top the Group H standings, Slovenia has had a less successful June slot in the qualifiers, falling to Finland 0:2 on the road and squeezing out a 1:1 draw at home against the group favourites Denmark.
Greece moves up in World Competitiveness Ranking
Greece moved nine places higher, from the 58th to 49th, in the World Competitiveness Ranking in the 2019-2023 period, but remained low in the list of 64 countries, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) said in a report released on Tuesday.
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The end of the war? "Ukraine doesn't stand a chance"
The long-announced Ukrainian counter-offensive has been underway for several days, and the US, Great Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands are sending hundreds of missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, NATO defense ministers are discussing in Brussels the continuation of the support that the allies have been providing to Ukraine for months.
Bulgaria has joined NATO's Ammunition Stockpiling Initiative
Bulgaria joined the Multinational Ammunition Stockpiling Initiative today.
The news was announced by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană.
This happened at a ceremony during the two-day meeting in Brussels of the ministers of defense from the member countries of the pact. On the Bulgarian side, the document was signed by Todor Tagarev.
Additional seat for Slovenia in EU Parliament
Slovenia will get an additional seat in the European Parliament under a proposal adopted by the parliament on 15 June. The new distribution must now be okayed by the heads of state.
The proposal would award two seats to Spain and the Netherlands, and one to Slovenia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Ireland and Latvia.
Slovenia would thus have nine seats.
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Bulgaria and 15 other countries Offer Help to Ukraine after the explosion in Nova Kakhovka
Bulgaria and 15 other European countries have offered help to Ukraine after the destruction at the Nova Kakhovka dam.
Denmark vies to stay gastronomy star
With off-the-wall dishes like butterfly wings or simple local products, restaurants Denmark, the recent darling of the culinary world, in are outdoing each other to emulate Noma, a soon-shuttering three-starred eatery.
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Slovenia and Austria remain at odds over border checks
Slovenia has long decried police checks on Austria's border and Prime Minister Robert Golob's first official visit to Austria on 13 June did not bring a convergence of views.
After meeting Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Golob criticised the checks on the Austrian-Slovenian border, in place since the 2015 migration crisis, as unjustified and ineffective.
'World's best restaurant' to reopen as museum
Spain's elBulli, repeatedly voted the world's best restaurant before it closed over a decade ago, is set to reopen as a museum dedicated to the culinary revolution it sparked.
Nestled in an isolated cove on Spain's northeastern tip, the museum is dubbed "elBulli1846" a reference to the 1,846 dishes ground-breaking chef Ferran Adria says were developed at the eatery.
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Vagabond recommends Cyclades to Northern European travelers
The popular travel magazine Vagabond, published in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, proposes the islands of the Cyclades to its readers for their holidays this summer in the context of a dynamic promotion program of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) office in Scandinavia.