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UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings

Bulgaria, alongside Serbia and Latvia, emerges as one of the standout success stories in the latest UN World Happiness Report, showcasing a remarkable leap in national contentment from 2006-2010 to 2021-2024. The report, a comprehensive study of global happiness levels, highlights Bulgaria's ascent from 144th to 81st place, reflecting a substantial improvement in overall well-being.

Blinken due in Mideast in new bid to secure Gaza truce

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to return Wednesday to the Middle East in a new bid to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

Following a failed attempt to secure a ceasefire in the war in the Gaza Strip by the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan last week, a new round of negotiations hosted by key mediator Qatar has begun.

Ministry to back promotion of Turkish tea, salmon

The Trade Ministry has announced that it will provide support to promote Turkish salmon and tea within the scope of the "Turquality Support" project.

According to a statement from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), the projects prepared by DKİB for the promotion of Turkish salmon and tea have been endorsed by the ministry.

Erdogan’s comments on Cyprus a blatant distortion of the historical truth, say sources

Greek diplomatic sources have reacted to remarks made by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding Cyprus.

In a speech he delivered to Turkish military personnel at a dinner Monday, Erdogan not only defended the Turkish invasion of Cyprus but went even further by arguing that if Turkish forces had moved further south in 1974, then Cyprus might be all Turkish today.

Gaza hunger warnings grow as hopes build for ceasefire

Efforts to hammer out a temporary truce in Gaza intensified Tuesday after months of war that have left parts of the devastated territory facing imminent famine.

A U.N.-backed assessment described the increasingly dire situation by noting that without a surge of aid famine would hit the 300,000 people in Gaza's war-battered north by May.

Dacic: UNSC session on NATO aggression on FRY scheduled for March 25

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic confirmed on Monday that Russia, as a UNSC member state, had proposed that the UN top body meet this month to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and that Japan, which presides over the UNSC this month, had said it would grant such a request.

Unicef head says Haiti situation nears chaos of 'Mad Max'

The U.N. children's agency chief offered a dire assessment Sunday of the chaotic situation in Haiti, saying it was "almost like a scene out of 'Mad Max,'" which depicted a violent and lawless post-apocalyptic future.

"Haiti is a horrific situation," UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell told CBS talk show "Face the Nation."

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