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Serbia weighs nuclear options
BNE Intellinews
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Serbia is exploring the development of nuclear energy via two potential pathways – conventional nuclear power plants (NPPs) and small modular reactors (SMRs) – as the country received its first preliminary study on the civilian use of nuclear...
Belgrade School District updates cell phone policy
NBC Montana
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BELGRADE, Mont. — The Belgrade School District is updating its cell phone policy, following feedback from staff and parents. The school board approved the new rules on Tuesday, limiting cell phone use during the school day. Changes include...
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RSF urges EU action over police violence against journalists in Serbia
BNE Intellinews
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Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the European Union to respond decisively to police violence against journalists in Serbia, warning that such abuses threaten the integrity of the country’s EU accession process. The...
EU Ambassador Giaufret Leaves Serbia, Meets with Vucic to Review Serbia-EU Cooperation
Beta Briefing
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July 14, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 14.07.25 | access_time 14:59 (BETAPHOTO/MILAN ILIC) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on July 14 with Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret, describing the farewell visit as an...
Drought-hit Serbian raspberry farmers fear 'catastrophic' future
The Bryan Times - Ohio
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Facing drought and record heat, raspberry farmers in western Serbia are warning of the worst season in decades for one of the world's largest exporters of the fruit. Under the scorching sun, pickers move through parched raspberry fields in search...
After Texas: How prepared is Montana for natural disasters?
KXLF 4 - Montana
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July 11, 2025
As many people know, Texas recently faced devastating floods. Raising concerns of natural disasters across the country. Here in Montana we don’t face these natural disasters on the same scale, but it raises the question. How well would we be...
Dustin the Turkey threatens shock Eurovision comeback after 17 years
Irish Mirror
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July 16, 2025
Dustin The Turkey has threatened to enter the Eurovision Song Contest again. The fowl talking bird could be set to make a dramatic return to the Eurovision stage next year, 17 years after representing Ireland in Belgrade. In 2008, he sang ‘Irlande...
Serbia: Media freedom continues to decline at alarming speed, EU must take action
European Federation of Journalists
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July 11, 2025
The undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations are profoundly appalled by the new attacks against journalists across Serbia, many of which are perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement authorities. The situation of...
Serbian raspberry production hit by weather
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Serbian raspberry production is experiencing challenges due to adverse weather conditions impacting agriculture. Once a premier exporter of berries globally, Serbia's raspberry sector now faces hurdles. Sveta Cvijanović, a raspberry grower from...
Climate change is already rewriting the job market in the Western Balkans
Gazeta Tema
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July 10, 2025
By Majlinda Bregu Secretary-General, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) “What remains of life when illusions are gone? Responsibility.” Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel Laureate, posed this question with haunting precision. Today, it echoes far...
Serbia’s power demand soars 20%
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 9, 2025
The main reason for the rise in electricity consumption is the increased use of air conditioning units due to the heat wave, which began as early as mid-June this summer. Dragan Rakić, the head dispatcher of TSO Elektromreža Srbije (EMS), told...
Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe
Visual Capitalist
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July 16, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Ranked: Countries With the Highest & Lowest Pensions in Europe This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...
National Bank of Serbia keeps benchmark interest rate at 5.75%
Serbian Monitor
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July 11, 2025
The Executive Board of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) decided at yesterday’s session to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 5.75 percent, as well as to maintain the deposit and credit facility rates at 4.5 percent and 7.0 percent,...
NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
Consortium News
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July 15, 2025
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks proposes increased wolf harvest quotas as population remains steady
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is recommending increasing the number of wolves that can be killed by 50% next season, following the department’s latest report showing the wolf population in Montana remains...
'Euro summer is over': It may sound harsh but I completely agree - here's why
Nine
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July 16, 2025
OPINION: Contiki tours around Europe used to be a rite of passage for Aussies. And come July, it's hard to avoid social posts of people's boarding passes as they jet off to Rome, or Barcelona, or Mykonos, or Santorini. Or all of them, because...
Serbia battles hundreds of wildfires as heatwave triggers national emergency
Xinhua News Agency
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BELGRADE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Serbia is battling a surge of wildfires fueled by extreme heat and strong winds, prompting several regions to declare a state of emergency and to deploy military forces. More than 200 fires have been reported in the...
Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas ready to step up in place of injured Stefan Frei
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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RENTON — Andrew Thomas is back in that odd space that’s common for goalkeepers. The Sounders backup will get the start Saturday due to mainstay Stefan Frei being under concussion protocol. Frei collided with a Columbus Crew player in the final...
Jan Philipp Albrecht: “Europe has failed to recognise new interlocutors in Serbia”
Serbian Monitor
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July 9, 2025
“The erosion of belief in Serbia’s European perspective is growing, and its leadership is doing a thorough job of making that path more difficult. I completely understand the Serbian public and their disappointment. On the other hand, the European...
Deadly weather events from Texas to Yorkshire
Channel 4 News
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July 9, 2025
We have seen the hottest June on record in Western Europe with deadly wildfires in Turkey plus others in Greece, Spain, Serbia and France. For every 1 degree Celsius rise in global average temperature, the air can hold 7 per cent more moisture,...