Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Balkans 22.01.20 | 11:09

Katerina Sakellaropoulou elected as the first woman President of Greece

Greece elected its first woman President. Left wing judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou (62) was voted in the Parliament. She was supported by 266 of 300 members of Parliament, by parties from both the left and the right. She was also the first woman appointed to the Greek Supreme Court in 2018, where she...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 10:56

SDSM is still pushing its plan to amend the electoral code

The Parliament will again try to hold a discussion on the changes to the electoral code supported by the ruling SDSM party. The proposal would abolish the six electoral districts that currently elect 20 members of Parliament each and replace them with just a single one, where all 120 seats will up for...
Economy 22.01.20 | 10:04

V4: Europe can’t achieve climate neutrality without nuclear energy

Without nuclear energy Europe cannot achieve climate neutrality by 2050, so the EU must end its negative discrimination of nuclear energy, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said at the Central & Eastern Europe Nuclear Industry Congress in Prague on Tuesday. He said the construction of two...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 09:51

SDSM tries to obstruct Mizrahi in managing the Labour and Welfare Ministry

The Spasovski Government yesterday pushed against the interim Labour and Welfare Minister Rasela Mizrahi, overturning her decisions to replace the managers of six welfare centers. Under the 100 days rule, which provides that opposition nominated candidates like Mizrahi will manage some of the departments...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 09:43

Gostivar suffered from horrific levels of air pollution overnight

Even for Macedonian winter standards, the city of Gostivar had extremely high levels of air pollution overnight, with nearly 1.000 micrograms of PM10 particles measured per cubic meter. Other cities were also bad, but not nearly as bad as Gostivar. Skopje measured over 400 micrograms at the Rectorate...
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