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Arcelor Mittal is leaving Zenica – what will happen to the Workers, Steel, Heating?
Sarajevo Times
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June 24, 2025
The news that Arcelor Mittal is leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina has worried many citizens, especially the workers of this company, considering that it is the largest steel producer in our country, which generated about 4 percent of GDP. Instead of...
Four Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Advance Stability in BiH
Sarajevo Times
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June 29, 2025
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), along with Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), Congressman Wesley Bell (D-MO), and Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) released the following statement after they introduced the Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement...
Chaos in Europe as Spain hits 46C with Portugal, Italy and Croatia on red alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Southern Europe is baking under an unrelenting heatwave which shows no sign of easing. Record-breaking temperatures are sparking emergency health warnings, and growing fears of wildfires pushing resources to the limit. Spain has become the...
Heatwave soars in Europe as Spain hits 46C and neighbours on red alert
Birmingham Live
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June 30, 2025
Southern Europe is roasting in an unrelenting heatwave which shows no sign of easing. Record-breaking temperatures are sparking emergency health warnings, and growing fears of wildfires pushing resources to the brink, reports Express.co.uk. Spain...
Human Rights Defenders in BiH Face Stigma Amid Legal Uncertainty
Sarajevo Times
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June 23, 2025
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina must protect those promoting and protecting human rights, ensure accountability for attacks against them, and tackle negative narratives around their work, a UN expert* said today. “While I have encountered...
Balkan Countries ‘Failing to Enforce Freedom of Information Laws’: Report
Balkan Insight
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June 30, 2025
Illustration: BIRN The freedom of information legal framework is good on paper in the six Western Balkan countries but enforcement and political will are lacking, while journalists continue to face “administrative silence”, bureaucracy, and...
The gangster guide to Dubai: The criminals from Manchester, Liverpool and beyond who call it home - and the tricks they use to live it up... without alerting authorities
Daily Mail
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June 29, 2025
For years, a notorious Irish crime family has held court in one of the most luxurious places on Earth. They are among the legions of gangsters, drug smugglers and fugitives from across the world who have flocked to the city as famous for its...
Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza: Talking with Francesca Albanese
CounterPunch
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June 30, 2025
Photograph Source: Syeda Amina Trust – CC BY 2.0 There is not much more that can be said about the unfathomable levels of devastation the genocide in Gaza has reached. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied...
'It's too hot': Organisers of major music festival send crowds home hours early amid 'medical emergency' as Britain braces for its warmest day and Europe cooks in 46C 'heat dome'
Daily Mail
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June 28, 2025
A music festival has been forced to send crowds home amid a 'medical emergency' with organisers saying 'it was just too hot' - as Britain braces for its warmest day and Europe cooks in a 46C 'heat dome'. The Margate Drum and Bass Festival at...
BALKAN BLOG: Western Balkans military build-up continues as the world looks elsewhere
BNE Intellinews
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As the world’s attention remains focused on the wars in Ukraine and, more recently, the Middle East, several countries in the Western Balkans are ramping up their military capacities. This build-up is not a sudden reaction but part of a...
The Impact of Social Support for Patients with COVID-19 in Post-Traumatic Growth: A Mediating Analysis Study
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
Introduction As one of the worst global public health emergencies in history, the COVID-19 is characterized by wide coverage and serious outcome, causing severe trauma to the physical and mental health of patients. On the one hand, COVID-19 has...
Working at the front lines of food insecurity, Barakah Muslim Charity distributes fresh meat
Spectrum News NY1 - New York
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June 22, 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Inside the food bank of Barakah Muslim Charity, the work never stops. What You Need To Know The price of meat has skyrocketed in the past year, due to supply shortages, extraordinary weather events like drought and climate change...
A comprehensive overview of UN sanctions
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Historical background The United Nations (UN) was born in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, on 24 October 1945. Its stated aim is saving ‘succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold...
Surfin’ USA? Not this year: 10 European alternatives to classic American holiday destinations
The Guardian
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June 28, 2025
Swap surfing in California for Santa Cruz in Portugal Sprawled on a towel, observing silhouetted surfers chasing the ocean-plunging carmine sun, I don’t need to squint to imagine I’m in the Golden State. But my sandy toes and salty hair are...
Documentary ‘A River Out of Time’ probes green economy projects in Indonesian Borneo
Radio Free Asia
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A documentary short from RFA-affiliated news service BenarNews explores concepts of the “green economy” in Indonesia’s North Kalimantan province. Through conversations with people living along the river, environmental activists, and project...
Europeans are warned to stay indoors as continent goes on high alert for extreme 47C heat and forest fires and Met Office says hottest day yet is coming for UK
Daily Mail
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June 28, 2025
Europeans have been warned to stay indoors as the continent goes on high alert for extreme 47C heat - as the Met Office says the UK's hottest day yet is on its way. The mercury is set to rise to 36C on Monday in parts of the UK in what could be...
Scorching heatwave grips southern Europe’s cities
Gulf Daily News Online
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A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures. Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and...
When Europe Started Thinking Like Trump; Europe’s Walls Are Growing And So Is Its Silence. Why They May Be Right!
Inventiva
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June 29, 2025
For months, U.S. President Donald Trump led a headline-grabbing crackdown on migration. Under his administration, agencies like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transformed deportations into...
Covic: There are no Conditions for the reconstruction of the Council of Ministers of BiH
Sarajevo Times
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June 20, 2025
There is no possibility of reconstructing the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said today in Mostar after the session of the Presidency of the HNS BiH, the President of the HNS and HDZ BiH, Dragan Čović, in response to a question...
World Refugee Day: 9 charts that explain displacement
Deutsche Welle
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By the end of 2024, about 123 million people worldwide had been displaced from their homes by conflict, persecution or other significant threats to their well-being. This is according to the most recent report by the United Nations High...