News digest: Backlash abroad, backlash at home

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October 2025 to start with the first significant cold outbreak for Central Europe of the season

The general weather pattern over Europe has established a blocking High in the North, allowing air masses to travel from the east towards the west and south. As October starts, the westerly, zonal, and warmer flow will shut down, leading to...

Cal Poly Humboldt Surpasses $1 Billion in Research Funding, Driving Innovation and Discovery

“This milestone reflects the extraordinary dedication of our faculty, staff, and students. Our Principal Investigators lead ambitious projects that advance discovery, creativity, and program innovation; work with impact far beyond Humboldt that...

Unprepared for Transition to Smart Agriculture

Albania remains the most agricultural country in the Western Balkans, but at the same time, the least prepared for the transition to smart agriculture. According to the recently published report "Skilling up the Western Balkans Agri-Food Sector"...

Home secretary: Britain has lost control of its borders

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Sweden suffer shock defeat to Kosovo to leave World Cup hopes hanging by thread

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The media landscape of the Western Balkans and Turkey: Stuck in transition

This article was originally published on the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) website If journalism is to survive, it must not only defend itself legally and through unions, but also revolutionarily redefine...

N.Macedonia politicians talk rubbish to woo voters

Something is rotten on the streets of Skopje -- or at least its voters could be forgiven for thinking so. First, there were toxic dump fires that burned for weeks around North Macedonia's capital. Then, dumpsters started overflowing after a sudden...

Is Wales vs Belgium on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup qualifier for free

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On the threshold of the snow season – will Bulgarian tourism surpass the levels of winter 2025

The tourism sector in Bulgaria has been growing in recent years, both in the summer and winter seasons. According to data from the relevant ministry, by the beginning of October, Bulgarian citizens who visited tourist destinations in the country...

The UN Needs a Major Reset. A Charter Review Could Make It Happen.

Delegates arriving at the UN during the high-level week of the 80th session of the General Assembly, Sept. 26, 2025. The essayists write that a UN Charter review conference in 2027, although risky, “the process could restore confidence and...

IMF’s Forecast for Serbia: Highest Inflation in Region, Significant Growth Deceleration

Source: Beta News / Politics | 16.10.25 | access_time 17:56 IMF (Shutterstock) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a significant deceleration of Serbia’s economic growth in 2025, with predictions that place it in the lower part of...

EU tells Serbia to ‘get concrete’ on reforms and align with Russia sanctions

129European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged Serbia to make tangible progress on democratic reforms and to align its foreign policy with the European Union, including the imposition of sanctions on Russia, if it wishes to...

SI diplomatic relations at 139

BY SAMIE WAIKORI The Solomon Islands continues to expand its diplomatic relations and currently has ties with a total of 139 countries. The recent inclusion to the list is North Macedonia and Andorra, where Solomon Islands has formally entered...

Films from FNE Partner Countries Shortlisted for 2026 European Film Awards

The nomination for the categories European Film, European Director, European Discovery-Prix FIPRESCI, European Documentary, European Animated Feature Film, European Actress, European Actor, and European Screenwriter will be announced on 18...

Why the West Keeps Losing the Balkans

Europe’s strategic map has been redrawn by Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s rise, and the widening split between Western democracies and Eurasian authoritarianisms. Nowhere is that shift more visible, and more volatile, than in the Balkans, long a...

British border officers sent to Balkans to crack down on human traffickers, Shabana Mahmood announces, with small boat arrivals under Labour poised to hit 60,000 within days

By DAVID BARRETT, HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Published: 16:26 EDT, 15 October 2025 | Updated: 16:26 EDT, 15 October 2025 British border security officers have been sent to the Balkans as part of a new attempt to crack down on people traffickers, the Home...

Alcazar Energy plans to boost its Montenegro investments to USD 500 million

Alcazar Energy is one of the companies with which Montenegro has signed memoranda of understanding on projects in the energy sector. It was done today at the EU-Montenegro Investment Conference in Luštica. The company recently began construction...

The EU needs to change to stay geopolitically relevant

Pressure is growing inside the European Union to overhaul one of its most deeply entrenched rules, the unanimity requirement for important decisions, as member states grapple with how to prepare the bloc for its next wave of enlargement — and more...

Doc Stories Announces 2025 Festival Lineup: Oscar Contenders ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘My Mom Jayne,’ ‘The Eyes Of Ghana’ & More

Many of the year’s top Oscar-contending documentaries are set for exhibition at the 11th annual Doc Stories, the prestigious four-day cinematic event in San Francisco put on by SFFILM. Doc Stories, running from November 6-9, announced its lineup...