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TIRANA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday Ukraine was a friend of Serbia and that, most importantly, it did not recognise the so-called Kosovo.

BELGRADE  By sending a technical delegation to Brussels, Pristina practically boycotted Tuesday's dialogue about the suspension of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, the outgoing chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday, noting that the West was not criticising Pristina PM Albin Kurti's decision on the dinar but only the manner in wh

The highest increase was recorded in Portugal at +69% compared to January 2023, followed by Greece (+67%) and Spain (+63%)

South Korea's birth rate fell to a record low last year, the government said Wednesday, despite having poured billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability.

The country has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates, a combination that presents a looming demographic challenge.

A three-day conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Greek democracy - a period known as the Metapolitefsi - will get underway on Thursday at the National Gallery in Athens.

Greece saw the second-highest increase in the price of olive oil since January 2023, with its 67 percent increase far above the European Union average of 50 percent, data from the EU's statistics arm showed on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday, after a series of Brussels meetings following a decision by the so-called central bank of Kosovo to ban the Serbian dinar, that many political questions remained unanswered.

BRUSSELS - A meeting of financial experts from Belgrade and Pristina, facilitated by the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, is underway in Brussels, a Tanjug correspondent reports.

Recent data from the Statistical Handbook "Demography, Economy, and Social Security" of the National Insurance Institute for 2022 has revealed a stark reality for Bulgaria: the country's population has decreased by nearly 800,000 people over the period from 2013 to 2022.

A recent report by Allianz Trade paints a bleak picture for Bulgaria's labor market, predicting a one-third decrease in the working-age population by the year 2050. This forecast, the worst in the European Union, highlights the significant challenges posed by demographic decline and migration trends.