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In the capacity of Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Borrell publicly opposed Kosovo independence.
This daily recalls that in the last two mandates, the person who took up the intermediary role in the dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina was exactly the person in charge o EU foreign policy.
Borrell would in this capacity replace Federica Mogherini.

He said this with regards to Haradinaj's observation that Vucic attempts to force Prishtina to abolish tariffs, while the mentioned world leaders haven't managed to do that.

Turkey's leading petroleum company Tüpraş has topped Fortune magazine's top 500 Turkish companies list in terms of net sales.

The Romania-France cultural season ends on July 14 in the Carol Park in Bucharest, where events for children, concerts and a fireworks show will be unfolded, according to French ambassador to Romania Michele Ramis. Among the events there are culinary demonstrations, children's events, and happenings. At 18:00hrs, there will be a concert to be staged by the band Vunk and Delia.

One relates to the opposition while the other relates to international factor.

Turkey on July 3 termed Haftar forces' attack on irregular migrants in Libya "crime against humanity," and urged for an international probe.

Cuba has announced it is considering the use of cryptocurrency in order to bolster its finances.

According to a report from SBS-AAP, the country's Communist government announced on state-run TV that it would potentially use crypto as part of a package aimed to boost incomes for as much as a quarter of Cubans and assist with market reforms.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras demanded assurances from Europe's socialist leaders, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in particular, on a series of issues in exchange for Greece's support for their candidates for the bloc's top jobs, government sources said on Wednesday.

Smuggled cigarettes on the Bulgarian market fell to 3.8% in the first quarter of 2019. This is a record compared to 2010 when surveys began and showed a 34.5% share of illegal cigarettes.

The presentation of the study is attended by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov and the Interior Minister.

Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on July 1 accused forces loyal to East Libya-based military commander Khalifa Haftar of killing migrants staying at a shelter in the capital.