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Ex Highland League defender helps nation to sensational World Cup qualifying win
A former Highland League defender played a part in one of his nation’s best ever results at the weekend. Faroe Islands international Odmar Faero played 90 minutes in his country’s 2-1 win over Czechia - just days after playing the full game as the...

Cyprus ranks 14th in global passport power index
A country’s passport remains a key indicator of global mobility, reflecting how easily citizens can travel abroad without requiring a visa. Where Cyprus stands The Cypriot passport now ranks 14th in the world, tied with Bulgaria, according to the...
Hasek out as Czech coach after Faroe Islands upset
Ivan Hasek has been dismissed as coach of the Czech Republic national team following their World Cup qualification loss to the Faroe Islands, the Czech Football Association said on Wednesday. The small self-governing country with a little under...

PM Orbán’s foreign trips classified until 2030
The decision is based on an amendment adopted last year, which now keeps details of the prime minister’s foreign trips hidden from the public on foreign policy and national security grounds. For the next five years – until 2030 – the public will...

Rijeka Becoming Hit Cruise Destination With More Ships in 2026
October the 18th, 2026 – Rijeka is becoming a hit cruise destination with more and more ships announced for 2026. Increases have been recorded year on year in this northern Adriatic city thus far. As Morski writes, Rijeka has been increasingly...

Russian Threats Rise. How Does CEE Fund Its Security?
As the security threat from Russia continues to rise, countries are investing more in defence. This is an opportunity for growth, but also a burden at a time when many CEE economies already have high budget deficits – and as Europe faces more...

Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far
Overviews of the current conjuncture – openings and risks We (Anna Gregoletto and Mark H. Burton)1 opened the series with Mark’s stock take, Prospects for Degrowth 2025 of the current situation of polycrisis2, which presents a multitude of...

History Reloaded! Zoravar Singh Sandhu Clinches India’s First Trap Medal In 19 Years
Last Updated:October 17, 2025, 23:38 IST Zoravar Singh Sandhu won bronze at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo, India's first individual trap medal since 2006. Indian trap shooter Zoravar Singh Sandhu (X)Veteran Indian trap shooter Zoravar Singh...

Killarney families face eviction as Cypriot investment firm moves to sell housing estate
The community in Loreto Chapel housing estate is a microcosm of Killarney today. It is a safe village, a community where everyone looks out for everyone else and the children play around the green together. But life is no picnic right now for 14...
Slain Journalist Was on Threshold of Exposing Large-Scale CIA-Mafia Drug-Smuggling Operation Using Australian Bank Founded by Special Forces Veteran
[Source: insidetasmania.com] Danny Casolaro Was Planning to Meet with Key Figures in Nugan Hand Bank and Members of Australian Government Commission Before He Was Murdered On August 10, 1991, Danny Casolaro was found lying dead in a tub of bloody...

World Cup 2026: How qualification stands across globe after England secure spot
England became the first European team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup by beating Latvia 5-0 in Riga on Tuesday night. Here, the PA news agency looks at the six international confederations to examine which other nations will, or could, join...

Ukraine to receive EUR 165M in 2026 from Demining Capability Coalition
In 2026, the Demining Capability Coalition plans to allocate at least EUR 165 million to provide Ukraine with equipment and machinery for demining. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said this in a statement seen by Ukrinform. According to the...

Britain joined by more than 16 countries on reforming ECHR to make deportations easier
British politicians have won the support of more than 16 countries to reform the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in a bid for governments across the continent to tackle illegal migration. The ECHR has been blamed for stalling thousands...

Presidency of BiH to attend Brdo-Brioni Process Leaders’ Meeting
Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina will participate in a meeting of the leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni Process in Durres tomorrow, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj, the President of the...

Summit highlights greenhouse initiative, self-reliance success in southeast Europe
13 Oct 2025, 3:28 p.m. MDT SARAJEVO, BOSNIA — For the first time in southeast Europe, humanitarian leaders, senior missionaries and long-term collaborators of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered for an international online...

Rector's Palace to Host Concert “The Other Side of History” Connecting Dubrovnik and Varaždin Through Music
A special concert titled “The Other Side of History” will take place on Saturday, October 18, at 8 p.m. in Dubrovnik’s Rector’s Palace. This event marks the first collaboration between the association Sve ostalo je glazba (Everything Else Is...

How to watch Sunderland vs Wolves: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news
Sunderland welcome Wolves to the Stadium of Light this Saturday in the Premier League, aiming to heap more pressure on under-fire head coach Vítor Pereira. What an opening eight games it has been for Sunderland. While a favourable fixture list has...

Spanish passport is now more powerful that the British and American
While Britons flying to Europe and the Schengen Zone are now having to gradually get used to the new EES biometric entry and exit system, it has been revealed that the British passport, along with the American, has dropped down the rankings of...

Man accused of murder was walking outside IPAS centre 'waiting on a foreign c**t'
Three men accused of "brutally and savagely" beating a Croatian man to death on a Dublin street knew that their alleged victim was a foreign national when they chased him down, a barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court. Seoirse Ó...

Oscar Contenders ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List
Several of this year’s hottest award season contenders, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, and Elle Fanning; and international...