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Greece now boasts the highest number of accessible beaches globally for people with disabilities, State Minister Akis Skertsos announced Thursday on social media.

Nearly 41,000 vessels transited through Türkiye’s key waterways — the Istanbul and Canakkale Straits — in the first half of 2025, Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu told Anadolu.

Greek exports dropped by €358.7 million or 8.3% in June 2025, reaching €3.94 billion, compared to €4.30 billion in June 2024, according to the Panhellenic Exporters Association.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria announced it will regularly release information on audits of sports federations to increase transparency and ensure proper use of public funds.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova has received a request to register an initiative group backing Oleg Bolotnicov, who plans to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections on September 28.

The seaside village of Emona in Southeastern Bulgaria will host the Sofia Film Fest Emona on August 17 and 19, organizers from Art Fest announced Thursday.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, discussing the latest regional developments.

Nina Iliescu, widow of former Romanian President Ion Iliescu, expressed gratitude to those who organized and attended his funeral, as well as to friends and medical staff who supported him in his final months.

Moldova firmly rejected recent Russian criticism of the court decision sentencing Governor Evghenia Guțul to seven years in prison for illegal financing linked to the former Shor party.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government aims to build "a united Greece with confidence and justice," in an interview with Peloponnisos newspaper on Thursday.

Apple announced an additional $100 billion investment in US production on Wednesday, raising its total domestic investment to $600 billion over the next four years.

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 2.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, down from previous periods, according to the Bulgarian National Bank’s latest Economic Review.

New U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump took effect Thursday, targeting imports from over 67 countries with rates between 15% and 50%.

Greece’s main opposition party, PASOK-Movement for Change, sharply criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday, accusing him of shielding his ministers and obstructing a judicial probe into alleged misuse of EU subsidies by the OPEKEPE agency.

The 4th International Jazz Festival Dr Emil Iliev wrapped up on Wednesday at Bulgaria’s Borovets resort.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports in response to India’s continued purchases of Russian oil.

Egypt will not deviate from its historic commitments to the Holy Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty assured during a joint statement with Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis in Athens.

Ludogorets and Ferencvaros played to a 0–0 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on Wednesday in Razgrad.

Moldova is prepared to begin EU accession negotiations in September, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gherasimov announced on Moldova 1 TV.

Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris met with Italian Ambassador Paolo Cuculi in Athens on Wednesday to discuss shared migration challenges, particularly the increasing flows from Libya impacting Crete and Southern Italy.

The president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Yiannis Bratakos, hailed the government’s new measures to reduce bureaucracy as a positive and necessary step for strengthening entrepreneurship in Greece.

Dozens of people, many of them elderly, gathered on Wednesday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest to pay their last respects to former Romanian President Ion Iliescu. It marked Romania’s first state funeral since 1989.

Newly sworn-in Polish President Andrzej Duda has transferred supreme command of the armed forces to incoming President-elect Szymon Hołownia's appointee, who is now the official commander-in-chief: President-Elect Marek Nawrocki.

Deputy Prime Minister Mihai Popșoi met with the new U.S. acting chargé d'affaires in Moldova, Nick Pietrowicz, to discuss deepening cooperation in key areas such as democratic reforms, energy security, cybersecurity, and Moldova’s European integration.