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Ljubljana – Slovenia’s integration in international trade measured by the indicator of trade integration of goods was among the highest in the EU, placing the country third. Measured by the indicator of trade integration of services, Slovenia was roughly in the middle of EU member states, the Slovenian Statistics Office said this week.

The leader of "Vazrazhdane" (from Bulgarian - Revival) Kostadin Kostadinov declared himself the only fighter against the political status quo and defender of the interests of Bulgarians in the country and abroad.

He states that the region is facing the greatest threat to its stability and security in the last two decades, and that we must not allow a return to violence and divisions from the past, the British government announced today.

Women in Kosovo are missing out on elective office under the terms of a gender quota that critics say should be scrapped in favour of 50-50 representation of men and women.

After widespread criticism of its 2011 population census, authorities in Albania are facing calls to improve the way they count minorities when the headcount is repeated in 2022.

Karlovac – A Croatian village on the Slovenian-Croatian border in the south-east, the last Croatian village that has remained connected to the Slovenian grid after the break-up of Yugoslavia, refuses to switch to Croatian electricity.

On that occasion, Sinia Mali presented the economic policy of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Ljubljana – Slovenia logged another 2,668 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a figure down both on daily and weekly levels, as hospital figures declined slightly and the number of patients in intensive care units reached a new record. Both the 7-day average of new cases and 14-day incidence per 100,000 population decreased in a reflection of a falling trend.

Kosovo's Federations of Health Unions, FSSHK, held a strike on Thursday, at a time when the government of Albin Kurti is coming under almost constant pressure from other unions and their protests.

Today is a strange day. A day marked by two serious tragedies - last night's incident in the Varna village of Royak, where nine Bulgarian citizens died. The tragedy is still being investigated. Investigative bodies must do their job. A few hours later, a new tragedy marked today.