Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
A look at Northern Ireland 25 years after peace accord
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Twenty-five years ago, Britain and Ireland signed the Good Friday Agreement, ending decades of bloodshed known as the Troubles. At the stroke of a pen, Northern Ireland became one of the world's most ambitious experiments in how to reconcile a deeply divided society.
Slovenian community secures one seat in Friuli Venezia Giulia council
Marko Pisani has been elected to the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Council as the only member of the Slovenian ethnic minority to make it to the legislative assembly of this Italian region. The other Slovenian councillor, Danilo Slokar, failed to get re-elected in the regional elections on 2 and 3 April.
Call published for airline subsidies
The Ministry of Infrastructure has published an open call for airlines interested in operating flights to three international airports in Slovenia under a scheme that aims to improve air connectivity after a very slow post-Covid recovery.
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House sale prices grew 10% in Athens over the first quarter
The sales prices of houses in Attica grew twice as fast as rents in the first quarter of 2023, according to the processing of the data from the Spitogatos Property Index (SPI).
The increase in sales prices in the capital was 10% at an annual basis, while that for rent amounted to 4.9%.
Municipalities clash with regional authority over Faliro Bay project
A war has erupted between the southern Athens municipalities of Moschato-Tavros and Kallithea and the Attica Regional Authority over the redevelopment of Faliro Bay.
Fiberoptics across the Cyclades this summer
By this summer, mobile operator Vodafone Greece is expected to have completed the full development of 670 kilometers of underwater and 800 km of underground fiberoptics cables that will pass through the Cyclades (Syros, Tinos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros and Santorini) and will be interconnected with the Dodecanese (Kos and Rhodes) and Crete (Hania and Sitia).
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EU warns Spain over protection of wetland
The European Union has warned Spain that it won't tolerate renewed plans by regional politicians in the country's south to expand irrigation near the prized Doñana wetlands, which scientists and ecologists say are in danger of drying up.
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16-year-old girl missing from children’s home
The details of a 16-year-old girl that went missing from a children's home in the Attica neighborhood of Nea Smyrni on March 8 were publicized on Wednesday following a judicial order.
The judge ordered the Hamogelo tou Paidiou (Child's Smile) child protection agency to publish her data as it is believed that her wellbeing may be in danger.
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Bulgaria: 11 Detained after the Mass Brawl with Axes and Hoes in Kazanlak
11 were detained after the mass fight in Kazanlak yesterday. An old family feud between two families is at the heart of the clash that left one man dead and 11 injured. Two of them are in serious condition in the hospital in Stara Zagora.
Municipalities sign MoU with wildlife NGO
Responding to the new conditions and challenges that have been created in Attica and its peculiar ecosystems in recent years, the Environmental Association of Athens-Piraeus Municipalities has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the ANIMA animal care center for the more effective protection of wildlife.
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