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EU disaster mechanism hits record wildfire activations as Europe keeps burning
EurActiv
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August 14, 2025
The EU stands ready to help countries battling wildfires as its disaster response mechanism hits a record 16 activations this summer, the European Commission said on Thursday. The surge in requests puts the bloc on course for a record-breaking...
EU sends wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises
BBC
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August 14, 2025
ShareSave Firefighters battle overnight wildfires in Spain The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc's disaster assistance mechanism for the first time. The...
EU sending assistance for Spain wildfires
United Press International (UPI)
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The European Union has sent two planes to assist Spain in taking care of wildfires, after Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest fires. Photo by EPA Philippe Magoni Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The European Union...
Montenegrin shooting guard Luka Bogavac has enrolled at UNC
Tar Heel Blog - North Carolina
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August 14, 2025
Carolina basketball’s social media account announced yesterday that international talent Luka Bogavac has arrived in Chapel Hill and have enrolled at UNC. He committed to the program over the summer during the transfer portal period, and now...
Luštica Bay – A Life Saturated in Wonder
Arts & Collections
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August 26, 2025
“If I had to have a villa on any golf course, this would be my place”. Those are the words of golf legend Gary Player, and the place is Luštica Bay – a year-round waterfront town that’s quickly established itself as one of Montenegro’s most...
Wildfires kill three people across southern Europe
RTE Ireland
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August 14, 2025
Hundreds of firefighters are battling to put out wildfires across southern Europeon, some of which are believed to have been set deliberately by arsonists and stoked by an extended heat wave gripping the region. The European Union sent...
EU sends wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises
BBC
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ShareSave Firefighters battle overnight wildfires in Spain The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc's disaster assistance mechanism for the first time. The...
Wildfires emergency continue in Western Balkans
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC The fire emergency persists in several Balkan countries where a heatwave and dry weather are prevalent, according to ANSA. The situation remains alarming, especially in Montenegro, where there are numerous active fires....
Ashtar, non-human interdimensional beings, and the West’s and America’s reign of evil
Renew America
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Ashtar, non-human interdimensional beings, and the West’s and America’s reign of evil By Linda Kimball August 26, 2025 In our time, many politicians, cultural and social leaders, intellectuals and modern theologians slavishly follow after whatever...
Nadia Montenegro’s exit prompts questions on her credentials in Padilla’s office
Interaksyon
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August 18, 2025
Questions about actress Nadia Montenegro‘s qualifications as a staff for Sen. Robin Padilla, an actor-turned-politician, were raised following the discovery of her salary grade. On Monday, August 18, Padilla’s office said that it has received...
How Morocco's Desert Adventures Mirror Adriatic Escapes
The Dubrovnik Times
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The shifting sand of Morocco’s Sahara and the crystalline waters of the Adriatic Sea appear to occupy opposite ends of the travel spectrum. One promises endless golden dunes beneath scorching sun, while the other offers cool sea breezes and azure...
Algarve water remains government priority
The Portugal News
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For the Prime Minister, this is the largest investment ever in the Algarve region, "part of a strategy" the Government has for the entire country to manage water, a resource that in Portugal "exists in sufficient quantity." "We don't have a water...
Senate to resume random drug tests, Montenegro quits
Manila Standard
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August 18, 2025
Senate President Francis Escudero confirmed Monday that mandatory random drug testing will soon resume in the upper chamber. The statement came in response to a request from Senate Minority Leader Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III, who earlier called for...
Swiss firefighters in action in the Balkans
World Radio Switzerland
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August 18, 2025
Monday, 18 August 2025 06:30 (c) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation It could be the furthest blue-light response by fire fighters from Geneva, Vaud and Valais. Teams are in the Balkan country of Montenegro – 1,600 km away – fighting...
Managers in Albania break €2,000 salary mark
Gazeta Tema
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August 27, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 27 (TemA) – Albania’s top managers became the first professional group to earn more than 200,000 leks (€2,000) a month in 2024, official data showed. Administrative and commercial managers averaged 207,000 lek, followed by production...
Montenegrin soldier killed, another injured as wildfires rage across country
BNE Intellinews
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The Montenegrin Ministry of Defence announced on August 12 that junior sergeant Dejan Bozovic from Danilovgrad was killed and sergeant Marko Ikovic sustained serious injuries while helping to extinguish a wildfire in the Kuci area, northeast of...
Montenegro claims to be empathetic with those suffering from fires: “Giving the maximum”
Portugal Pulse
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August 13, 2025
According to the Government, the decision to extend the alert status results from “forecasts of adverse weather conditions until the end of Friday,” which “implies a very high risk of spreading rural fires.” Márcia Guímaro Rodrigues | 18:58 –...
Montenegro enacts gambling law with approval-based licensing and compliance measures
Yogonet International
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August 12, 2025
Real-time digital monitoring, mandatory player identification, and video verification are at the center of Montenegro’s New Law on Games of Chance, which took effect August 1, 2025. The legislation replaces the concession-based model with an...
Nadia Montenegro on leave amid marijuana use probe
Cebu Daily News
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August 17, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla has asked actress Nadia Montenegro to take a leave of absence from her duties in his staff after she was accused of smoking marijuana inside the Senate premises. Padilla’s chief of staff, Rudolf Philip...
Trains disrupted: Negotiations failed - strike continues
B92
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Business & Economy 0 Negotiations between railway workers in Montenegro and the management regarding salary increases have failed, and the workers' strike continues, while the Railway Infrastructure has started the procedure for finding new...