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The Kremlin recruits Bulgarian students, inviting them to participate in projects, to travel and study in Russia, and then, as soon as it is convinced that they are "ideological", it offers them money. The amounts vary between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per month, claims Petar Tanev from the "Free Russia" association.

The Kastrati Group has given up a sales contract worth 2.37 million euros to buy 60 per cent of Euronews Albania television and has returned its shares to the station's previous owner, Theodhoro Çami.

On July 6, the parties agreed by mutual consent to cancel the April 11 contract and have no further claims against each other.

Powerful, politically-connected businessman Shefqet Kastrati has entered Albania's crowded media market with the purchase on Monday of Euronews Albania, following in the footsteps of Samir Mane who bought TV SCAN last month.

Iveta Cherneva is an Amazon best-selling author, political commentator and human rights activist. Her latest book is "Trump, European security and Turkey". Cherneva's career includes Congress and the UN; she was a top finalist for UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of speech in 2020.

"President wasn't feeling well, and Ursula von der Leyen arrives tomorrow night and the day after tomorrow we are going to Nis with her, to mark the launch of work on the new railway corridor, after that we go to Dubai and with everyday problems in Kosovo, he simply had to slow down a bit", said Vasiljevic on Tuesday night.

Media freedom across Europe needs to be supported, but the situation in the Balkans is particularly deplorable - independent media are at risk and will not survive on their own. These conclusions united the participants of the conference mottoed "Media Freedom in the Balkans", organized by EURACTIV Bulgaria.

During the pandemic, we've all dreamt of travelling again, whether it be around the world or just to the unknown and unexplored corners of one's own country?

The International Tourism Trade Fair, which took place from the 19th to the 23rd of May in Madrid, was packed with hopeful proposals to whet anyone's appetite for travel.

The editor-in-chief or Euronews Romania news channel, Andra Miron Diaconescu, recently assigned to this position, declared on Wednesday that the team she will lead will work in the service of the public with objectivity and impartiality.

The expansion of Euronews and Turkish state-owned TRT in the Balkans has been met with concern among media experts.

The Euronews television channel based in France plans to end its broadcasts in Turkish and Italian.

In a statement, the National Union of Journalists said Euronews plans to dismiss 30 journalists.

The Italian channel will be closed, but news in the language will be broadcast in digital media, while the Turkish service will no longer be available, the statement added.