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The ambassador’s remarks were made on the sidelines of a conference in Athens on “Electric Ferries: Establishing a new industry in Greece”

Early this morning, the "Ivan Mihailov" Cultural Center in the town of Bitola, in the Republic of North Macedonia, was set on fire.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will embark on a two-day trip to the Western Balkans, Greece and Bulgaria next week.

The first stops scheduled for June 10th are Kosovo and Serbia.

China and Papua New Guinea held talks on a free-trade deal on June 3, as Beijing's foreign minister wrapped up a landmark tour of the Pacific Islands with a stop in the resource-rich nation.    

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape said discussions in the capital Port Moresby had focused on economic cooperation and a long-mooted trade agreement.    

Archaeologists have uncovered a roughly 1,300-year-old sculpture representing the head of a Mayan maize god in ruins in southeastern Mexico, the National Institute of Anthropology and History said.

The artefact was found in Palenque facing east to west, "which would symbolize the birth of the maize plant with the first rays of the sun," it said in a statement.

Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk has attempted to demolish the house he is living in within the scope of an urban transformation project, but the angered neighbors have accused him of having a "hidden agenda" to build a museum instead.

The front line of the war is moving.

Postojna – National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič visited on Friday the children from a Luhansk orphanage who are temporarily staying in the village of Slavina near Postojna. She said she would strive for their integration and for securing additional staff to help their Ukrainian guardians.

Bovec – A special ceremony on Friday marked 77 years since the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army held a ski race on the slopes of Mt Mangart. The event was followed in the evening by the Slovenian premiere of American filmmaker Chris Anthony’s documentary dedicated to the post-WWII race.

From June 25, flights between the two cities will be operated daily

From June 17 the national carrier Bulgaria Air starts seasonal flights on the route Sofia - Burgas. Flights will be operated three times a week, and from June 25 the schedule provides for them to be carried out daily.