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Alithya names Pierre Blanchette chief financial officer
Consultancy.org
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August 27, 2025
Alithya, a management and technology consulting firm, has appointed Pierre Blanchette as chief financial officer, effective July 28, 2025. Based in the firm’s Montreal headquarters, Blanchette has nearly 30 years of experience in finance – with...
New Birmingham Ryanair route launched to country known as 'affordable Greece'
Birmingham Live
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August 27, 2025
A new Birmingham Airport route has been launched to a vibrant European country often coined the more affordable Greece. Ryanair announced today, August 27, it will be operating a new route from BHX to Tirana, the capital of Albania. The budget...
I took my two under-12s Interrailing to Albania – and it was a surprising hit
The i paper
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August 26, 2025
Featuring five trains, a ferry, a bus and plenty of gelato, this overland journey became a bonus holiday “Really? All those hours on trains on your own with the kids?” That’s most people’s response when I tell them I’m taking my boys, aged nine...
How to watch EuroBasket 2025: live stream games free from anywhere
Tom's Guide
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August 27, 2025
Nikola Jokic is still yet to win an international title, but there's no question that Serbia are the EuroBasket 2025 favorites. The three-time NBA MVP and Bogdan Bogdanovic are going to take some stopping, and with Dennis Schroder and Franz...
The origins of the Serbian crisis – 2. Corruption in a country where trust has collapsed
Serbian Monitor
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August 27, 2025
By Biagio Carrano It is hard to feel part of a state that you perceive as corrupt – even more so when that perception worsens year after year. Since 2016, maybe not by chance when the Serbian economy began to grow at a relatively steady pace, the...
Anglo American Zimele is reshaping and instilling hope in the future of Kuruman Youth
Briefly
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August 27, 2025
Hailing from Kuruman villages in the Northern Cape, Lesedi Salvation Monyolo is a testimony of dreams do come true as she boarded a luxury Silversea cruise liner in Cape Town on 22 February 2025, a cruise ship allowing her to see the world from...
Albania seizes its moment in the sun
Kathimerini
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In southern Albania, practically swimming distance from the Greek island of Corfu, the city of Butrint has stood for thousands of years. Its crumbled remains are a history buff’s dream: an open-air theater from when the city was a Greek colony, a...
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...
The Latest: US-bound evacuee flights depart Italy
Samoa Observer
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MILAN — Aircraft carrying U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals evacuated from the chaos in Afghanistan have left Italy headed to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. A joint statement from the Naval Air Station in Sigonella and the U.S. Embassy in Rome...
Poltava Sergeant Charged with Military Service Evasion and Fraud
Mezha
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August 26, 2025
The State Bureau of Investigation has charged a senior sergeant of a military unit in the Poltava region with exchanging duty service for leave abroad. According to investigators, between 2022 and 2024 she left her post eight times and traveled to...
Traditional vs Cultural Expedition Cruising: 5 Differences with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions
Travel Market Report - New York
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Expedition cruising is traditionally associated with the polar regions and other remote and exotic lands, but over the last several years some expedition cruise lines have expanded their cruise itineraries beyond these traditional destinations....
The 52nd Plum Fair opened in Gradacac
Sarajevo Times
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August 27, 2025
In the presence of numerous guests and officials from the region and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 52nd International Fair of Agriculture and Food Industry – Plum Fair was officially opened in Gradačac today. More than 150 exhibitors from Germany,...
The IMOCA Fleet Glides Across the Mediterranean, with the Grand Fiale Awaiting in the Boka Bay
Albanian Daily News
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For the next twenty days, the prestigious regatta will chart some of Europe’s most stunning routes, with the grand finale set to unfold in the heart of the Boka Bay. Beneath the sunny skies of Cartagena, a city with over three millennia of...
Macao Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai will visit Portugal and Spain next month
Macao News
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August 27, 2025
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai of Macao is scheduled to visit Portugal and Spain between 16 and 23 September in what will be his first overseas trip since taking the city’s highest office on 20 December last year. According to an announcement by...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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13 Amazing Places to Visit in the Balkans for Your Next Trip
Travelbinger
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August 20, 2025
Think about yourself sipping a wonderful expresso or on a glass of wine for less than two dollars, watching the sun set on top of some medieval stone walls. The beauty is that this entire day’s budget may not even cover the cost of a meal in...
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...
The New Retirement Hot Spots in Europe You Need to Know About
Travelbinger
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August 20, 2025
Portugal has long been known as the best retirement spot in Europe. Not so fast, as there are plenty of unique wonderful cities popping up offering affordability, culture, and amazing food. As remote work blurs the line between pre-retirement and...
"She has seen the worst sides of me" - Novak Djokovic sends an emotional message about wife Jelena amid US Open
Sportskeeda
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August 26, 2025
Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena met in high school and have been together since they were 18 and 19 years old, respectively. Djokovic was emotional as he shared their moments of hardship over the course of their relationship and how they have...
Albania lags Balkans in labour productivity
Gazeta Tema
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August 25, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 25 (TemA) – Albania again posted the lowest labour productivity in the Western Balkans in 2024, ILO data show, despite an 18% annual rise. GDP per hour worked stood at $16.5 in international dollars, well below Bosnia ($26.5), Serbia...