Bulgarian Exports to Romania Surge Nearly 19% in Early 2025
Bulgarian exports to Romania saw a significant rise of nearly 19% in the first quarter of 2025
At least 26 people have lost their lives after an fire and an explosion in a disco club in Bucharest, Romania.
Another 145 have been taken to hospital, Agerpres agency quotes the head of the Interior Ministry's emergency situations department, Raed Arafat, as saying.
The agency attributes the fire to "pyrotechnic effects" during a live performance of the band Goodbye to Gravity.
Between 300 and 400 people were attending the event when a fire broke out before the band's concert. 11 fire-fighter units, 29 ambulance units, and two from intensive care arrived at the scene of the incident, with emergency medial teams trying to save some of the victims' lives.
Al Jazeera quotes a Romanian journalist as saying "many of the people involved weere foreigners who did not speak Romanian."
The United States is reinforcing its military footprint in the Eastern Mediterranean by heavily fortifying the naval base at Souda Bay, located on the Greek island of Crete
A state of emergency has been declared in the area surrounding the large wildfire near Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete
A full blockade of several major Serbian cities was launched on the morning of July 4 in protest against police violence
Romania is facing a severe financial crisis
North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has sharply criticized the latest developments in the European Parliament, accusing it of erasing Macedonian identity and language in what he described as a "Taliban-style" move
A large forest fire broke out near the town of Vourvourou on the Sithonia peninsula in Halkidiki, an area known for campsites and holiday homes
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