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A European space telescope blasted off Saturday on a quest to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe.

Slowly but surely, the tightening of fiscal policy will be increasingly felt no matter whose view of the new Stability Pact prevails in the European Union - the regulations promoted by France and Italy, which are adapted to the peculiarities of each European country, or the rigid view of Germany and its 10 backers, or something in between.

LONDON - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was on Friday drawn to play Argentine Pedro Cachin in the first round at Wimbledon.

Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Janick Sinner are in Djokovic's half of the draw, with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune in the other half.

Hungary and Poland blocked the adoption of the European Council's conclusions on migration and left the matter to be resolved for a second attempt today.

This happened an hour after midnight on the first day of the EU summit in Brussels.

Tourism will bring the Greek economy an income of 39.2 billion euros this year, just 4% lower than the pre-pandemic high of €40.8 billion in 2019, according to the Economic Impact Research of the World Travel & Tourism Council.

"Germany supports North Macedonia's EU membership and recognizes the identity, language and culture of its people. Now Skopje must implement the promised change in its constitution to remove all obstacles to the country's membership in the European community".

Occupancy rates at resort towns on the Aegean coast have climbed to nearly 100 percent thanks to the long Eid al-Adha holiday, according to hoteliers in the region.

For instance, some 100,000 cars entered the popular destination of Bodrum in the province of Muğla within a space of four and a half days.

A lack of leadership by countries such as Germany and France and narrow industrial interests keep Europe from boosting defense cooperation as warranted by Russia's war on Ukraine, a report by the Munich Security Conference stated on Wednesday.

"The crucial capability gap in European defense is still political leadership," the Munich Security Report on European Defense said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again stressed that Sweden needs to do more to stop the activities of the terror group PKK/PYD in line with the trilateral agreement to join the NATO alliance, in a phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Germany, France and Italy have said they would cooperate more closely on the procurement of raw materials as Europe seeks to reduce its reliance on imports from countries such as China.

"Better diversification of our raw material supply is economic security," German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a statement.