The young guy from Vlora, Albania, Dean Celaj, is listed in the Forbes list among the 30 most successful and internationally influential people under 30 during 2022. The founder of the Akademi.al platform, which proved to be extremely effective during the pandemic period, told Atlantiku about his life and education. “I was born in 1997… Continue reading Young man from Vlora on Forbes’ Most Succesful list, created a platform to help Albanian education
Four European leaders expressed their support for Ukraine on Thursday while meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing to back Kyiv’s candidacy to eventually join the European Union and offering more weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion. French President Emmanuel Macron promised Ukraine six more truck-mounted artillery guns, the latest in a new round of Western arms… Continue reading Leaders pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains strong in the face of rising inflation and interest rates. Applications for jobless aid fell by 3,000 to 229,000 for the week ending June 11, down from the previous week’s 232,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally represent the… Continue reading Fewer Americans apply for jobless aid last week
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol on Thursday said Donald Trump’s “dangerous” last-gasp attempt to pressure his vice-president, Mike Pence, to reject the electoral count, brought the country “dangerously close to catastrophe”. With live witnesses and recorded deposition, the panel aimed show how an increasingly desperate Trump became fixated… Continue reading Trump brought US ‘dangerously close to catastrophe’, January 6 panel says
A newly formed majority fired the speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly Nikola Minchev here on Thursday. In the 240-seat parliament, Minchev was dismissed with the votes of 125 deputies from GERB-UDF, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), There Is Such A People, and Revival party. The dismissal was demanded on Wednesday, a few hours… Continue reading Speaker of Bulgarian parliament fired by new majority
Four European leaders visited Ukraine on Thursday, denouncing the brutality of the Russian invasion in a high-profile show of support amid Kyiv’s fears that Western resolve to help the embattled country could wane as the war grinds on. The visit, which included a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, carries heavy symbolic weight since the leaders of France,… Continue reading European leaders visit Kyiv in high-profile show of support
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says the number of people forced to flee their homes in 2021 hit its highest level since records began as the speed and scale of forced displacement outpaces solutions for refugees. The UNHCR said in its annual Global Trends Report, released on June 16, that 89.3 million individuals worldwide were… Continue reading UN says refugee levels hit new record in 2021, trend to continue
Veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army entered the courtyard of the Assembly of Kosovo on Thursday, protesting as a sign of dissatisfaction with the approval in principle of the Draft Law on the minimum wage in the Assembly, on June 14. They managed to enter the yard of the Assembly after being pushed by the… Continue reading Kosovo raises minimum pay, war veterans in protest
