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Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan Losing Brussels’ Support

Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan Losing Brussels’ Support

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250731/armenian-prime-minister-pashinyan-losing-brussels-support-1122526619.html Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan Losing Brussels’ Support Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan Losing Brussels’ Support Sputnik International...

Decision to Be Made on What Aviation Equipment Is Needed for Firefighting after Analyzing Options, Says Interior Minister Mitov 

Decision to Be Made on What Aviation Equipment Is Needed for Firefighting after Analyzing Options, Says Interior Minister Mitov 

Interior Minister Daniel Mitov commented on Thursday to journalists at Plovdiv Airport on the purchase of additional aviation equipment for firefighting, explaining that a significant analysis will be conducted jointly with the Ministry of...

US, China extend tariff pause after trade dialogue ends in Stockholm

US, China extend tariff pause after trade dialogue ends in Stockholm

The United States and China recently agreed to maintain their current tariffs on each other, following a two-day bilateral meeting in Stockholm.Both sides held ‘constructive and candid discussions’ and agreed to keep tariffs at their existing...

Greek American Named in Top 40 Young Lawyers in USA

Greek American Named in Top 40 Young Lawyers in USA

Eunice G. Buhler. Credit: American Bar Association The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation proudly announced recently that its Board of Directors member, Eunice G. Buhler, Esq., has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as one of...

Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test while hosting professional athletes at White House

Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test while hosting professional athletes at White House

(CNN) — President Donald Trump will be joined by professional athletes on Thursday to sign an executive order that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools,...

Trump revives Presidential Fitness Test alongside pro athletes at White House

Trump revives Presidential Fitness Test alongside pro athletes at White House

President Donald Trump was joined by professional athletes on Thursday as he signed an executive order that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools.The...

Bulgaria Taps Massive EU Loan to Supercharge Military Support for Ukraine

Bulgaria Taps Massive EU Loan to Supercharge Military Support for Ukraine

Bulgaria has joined eight other European nations in formally applying for low-interest loans from the European Union to jointly purchase weapons. These arms will serve dual purposes: supporting Ukraine and upgrading the military capabilities of...

“Those who are honest have nothing to fear.” How Kharkiv protested against law destroying anti-corruption agencies’ independence (Photo)

“Those who are honest have nothing to fear.” How Kharkiv protested against law destroying anti-corruption agencies’ independence (Photo)

Updated from Jul 31, 15:15 p.m.: Parliament passed Zelenskyy’s bill restoring anti-corruption agencies independence (bill #13533). Zelenskyy signed it a few hours later. UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jul 31 — On July 30, Kharkiv residents joined the protest...

Sweden to Reject Afghanistan’s Extended Passports with Stamps or Stickers from October

Sweden to Reject Afghanistan’s Extended Passports with Stamps or Stickers from October

Starting October 1, Sweden will no longer accept passports extended with stamps or stickers, affecting many migrants, including Afghans who renewed documents after their government’s collapse. The Swedish Migration Agency has announced that...

Germany, France, and UK may send foreign ministers to Israel...

Germany, France, and UK may send foreign ministers to Israel...

The leaders of Germany, France and Britian are weighing up whether to dispatch their foreign secretaries to Israel next week, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday. Merz's announcement came a few hours after a collective of United...

Swedish Firefighting Aircraft Provided under European Civil Protection Mechanism Land at Plovdiv Airport

Swedish Firefighting Aircraft Provided under European Civil Protection Mechanism Land at Plovdiv Airport

Two aircraft from Sweden, provided under the European Civil Protection Mechanism, landed at Plovdiv Airport on Wednesday. The aircraft and their crews were welcomed by Deputy Interior Minister Toni Todorov and Plamen Ivanov, Deputy Director of the...

Human Nature Odyssey: Episode 14. The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy (Part 3)

Human Nature Odyssey: Episode 14. The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy (Part 3)

Hey, how’s it going? Welcome to France in the year 1789. Everyone’s got an opinion on the king these days. You know the king: Louis the 16th! Yeah I know that’s a lot of Louis’s. But that’s because we’ve had a lot of kings. And it’s not just us -...

Sweden’s Klarna receives licence from UK’s Financial Conduct Authority

Sweden’s Klarna receives licence from UK’s Financial Conduct Authority

Published on 30/07/2025 - 11:58 GMT+2 Klarna’s UK division has secured an electronic money institution licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the firm said in a statement on Wednesday. The Swedish fintech, which until now has focused...

China Says Trade Talks With US in Sweden Deepened Mutual Trust

China Says Trade Talks With US in Sweden Deepened Mutual Trust

Trade talks between Chinese and US negotiators this week in Sweden have strengthened trust between the two sides and boosted confidence in resolving economic disputes via discussions, the Communist Party’s official newspaper said. “The meeting...

How the nature of environmental law is changing in defense of the planet and the climate

DANA ZARTNER University of San Francisco Published: July 31, 2025 (THE CONVERSATION) While the dangerous effects of climate change continue to worsen, legal efforts to address a range of environmental issues are also on the rise. Headlines across...

Swedish AI Startup Tzafon Raises €8.3M for Lightcone On-Device AI

Swedish AI Startup Tzafon Raises €8.3M for Lightcone On-Device AI

Sweden’s AI Frontier Expands with Tzafon’s Ambitious Funding Round In the bustling world of artificial intelligence startups, Sweden is emerging as a key player, and Tzafon is at the forefront. The Stockholm-based company, founded less than a year...

Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test while hosting professional athletes at White House

Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test while hosting professional athletes at White House

By Alayna Treene, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will be joined by professional athletes on Thursday to sign an executive order that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the...

Big central bank rate cuts slow, tariffs and politics in focus

Big central bank rate cuts slow, tariffs and politics in focus

By Alun John and Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -The pace of global rate cuts is slowing as the European Central Bank nears the end of its easing cycle, the U.S. Federal Reserve stays cautious about tariff-driven inflation and investors watch to...

My Mom, 60, Says These Cool-Girl Sneakers From an Amal Clooney-Worn Brand Were Comfy Enough to Walk 30 Miles in Sweden

My Mom, 60, Says These Cool-Girl Sneakers From an Amal Clooney-Worn Brand Were Comfy Enough to Walk 30 Miles in Sweden

I inherited my fashion sense from my mom, so it was no surprise to hear that she snagged cool-girl Adidas sneakers for her trip to Sweden. What did surprise me, however, was the fact that she walked more than 30 miles in five days in the stylish...

Slovenia becomes first EU state to impose arms embargo on Israel

Slovenia becomes first EU state to impose arms embargo on Israel

“At the initiative of Prime Minister Robert Golob, the Slovenian government confirmed a decision prohibiting the export and transit of military weapons and equipment from or through the Republic of Slovenia to Israel, or the import from Israel to...

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