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Helium balloons are part of nearly every American celebration, but a global shortage of the lighter-than-air gas has disrupted many traditions.

One college football team has suspended its traditional release of red balloons, and party planners will have to make do with less, if they get any.

From 00.00 on April 16, 2022, access to the Bulgarian sea and river ports is prohibited for all vessels registered under the Russian flag, as well as for all vessels that have changed their Russian flag or registration to the flag or the register of which to be another country after February 24, 2022, according to the Maritime Administration.

Romania's Health Ministry has delayed the mass distribution of iodine pills to the population until mid-April, after many family doctors said they would refuse to distribute them.

The government will allocate funds for financial support of the renewal of the stocks of expired potassium iodide tablets. This was announced by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday.

The value of gold during yesterday's trading session on the exchange "Comex", a division of the New York Stock Exchange, reached its highest value since June 11, 2021, TASS reported. This is happening against the background of geopolitical tensions and high inflation in the United States.

The artificial eye is made with an aluminum-lined tungsten shell that serves as a round casing

After Serbia's government on Wednesday revoked a key decree greenlighting Rio Tinto's controversial lithium mining project, activists said they did not trust government promises that the mining project is over for good, fearing what might happen after elections in April.

"We have the requests of environmental organizations. These are the requests that were submitted to the Government on January 12, 2022," the Prime Minister said at a press conference immediately after the government session.
At the final session, the Government Decree on the spatial plan was revoked, Brnabi pointed out.

From 3 p.m., President Aleksandar Vucic talked to all interested citizens from the area of 12 villages in the Jadar region. There is the highest level of concern in this area due to research conducted by Rio Tinto.

He also said that, as he did back then, he still supports this project, because it is good for Serbia.