The parade of the Battalion Group of Light Infantry (INF-L-BNG) started a four-day exercise today at the barracks "Mika Bosnić", in the Combat Training Center in Manjača with the aim of conducting SEL-2 assessment according to the NATO Concept of Operational Capabilities (OCC E&amp;F), in which more than 1.050 members of the AF B&amp;H participate.

The goal of the SEL-2 assessment is to check and evaluate the operational capability of the declared unit, ie to practice in real-time the techniques and procedures related to possible participation in international peace support operations and building the combat readiness of the AF B&amp;H according to NATO standards.
It was conducted by the Commander of the Operational Command of the AF BiH, Major General Radovan Ilić, and was attended by the Deputy Commander of the Operational Command (OK AF B&amp;H), Brigadier Mirzet Lubenović, Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command (KOiD), Brigadier Slaven Blavicki, who is also the exercise director, said the Public Relations Office of the B&amp;H Ministry of Defense.

More than 1.050 members of the AF B&H participate in the exercise

The parade of the Battalion Group of Light Infantry (INF-L-BNG) started a four-day exercise today at the barracks "Mika Bosnić", in the Combat Training Center in Manjača

Exercise "Combined Effort 21" starts in Manjača

A German court on Friday ruled that the national rail operator’s train drivers can continue their longest strike yet, as passengers were warned of major disruption to rail services nationwide.

The regional labor court of Hesse rejected Deutsche Bahn’s appeal, a day after its first legal bid was turned down by a labor court in Frankfurt.
The German Train Drivers’ Union (GDL) hailed the ruling and announced that the strike will go on as planned.
-We won’t let anyone dictate to us how long our industrial action will go on- union leader Claus Weselsky told a news conference in Frankfurt.
German train drivers began their third strike in a month on Thursday, amid an escalating row with Deutsche Bahn over pay and working conditions.
The strike in both freight and passenger transport will continue until next Tuesday, according to the union.
Deutsche Bahn has warned passengers that the strike will cause numerous cancellations and delays in long-distance, regional, and inter-city transport.
Currently, nearly 60% of regional and inter-city trains are out of operation, and over the weekend almost 75% of long-distance service will be canceled, according to the rail company.
The GDL union is demanding a 3.2% pay raise for train drivers and a one-time €600 ($713) bonus due to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

Train drivers vow to continue strike, national rail operator Deutsche Bahn cancels nearly 75% of long-distance service

The regional labor court of Hesse rejected Deutsche Bahn’s appeal, a day after its first legal bid was turned down by a labor court in Frankfurt

German court rules longest rail strike yet can go ahead

The Office of the Disciplinary Prosecutor of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, headed by Alena Kurspahić-Nadarević, filed an appeal against the decision of the First Instance Disciplinary Commission in the "Ranko Debevec" case two weeks ago.
In addition to the ODP, the lawyers of the President of the Court of B&amp;H also filed an appeal. In that way, the Second Instance Disciplinary Procedure started and the Second Instance Commission for Judges was formed. The Automatic Disciplinary Case Management System (DKCMS) has assigned the case to one of the three permanent second-instance commissions for judges but it is unknown who the members are.
Although we duly sent an inquiry to the HJPC and referred to the Law on Freedom of Access to Information, we have not received a response for almost ten days.
We also addressed inquiries to the President of the HJPC, Halil Lagumdžija, and the Chief Disciplinary Prosecutor, Alena Kurspahić-Nadarević, but we were denied answers.
We remind you that although he was part of numerous scandals, inappropriate meetings, threats to prosecutors, journalists, Ranko Debevec, severely compromised President of the Court of B&amp;H, by the decision of First Instance Disciplinary Commission of the HJPC, was only publicly warned in disciplinary proceedings against him for several disciplinary offenses.
One of them is inappropriate contact with Osman Mehmedagić Osmica, director of the Intelligence and Security Agency (ISA), last year, on the day when the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H filed a new indictment against Osmica in the "Security Checks" affair.
The question is also why the HJPC has not wanted to say the names of the Second Instance Commission for days, because in the case of Gordana Tadić, the names of the members were published a long time ago.

The Automatic Disciplinary Case Management System (DKCMS) has assigned a case to one of the three permanent second-instance commissions for judges, but it is unknown who the members are

Debevec: Inappropriate meeting with the director of ISA

Why the HJPC is silent: Who are the members of the Second Instance Commission in the "Ranko Debevec" case

This morning, the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina undertook operational activities aimed at controlling the movement and stay of migrants in the city of Bihać and relocating migrants from abandoned buildings in Kamenica to the temporary reception center Lipa.

Inspectors of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, with the assistance of the MoI of the Una-Sana Canton and Bihać police station, controlled the movement and stay of migrants at the mentioned location, where they found 70 people, single men from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
The Service for Foreigners' Affairs relocated the mentioned migrants to the temporary reception center Lipa, where they were provided with medical assistance and their identification and registration, as well as accommodation, food and other non-food items.
The implemented activity is a continuation of the operational activities of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs on relocating migrants from abandoned facilities to temporary reception centers in order to better manage migration processes in coordination with local authorities in the USC, the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs said.

They found 70 people, single men from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India

The Service for Foreigners' Affairs relocated the mentioned migrants to the temporary reception center Lipa, where they were provided with medical assistance and their identification and registration, as well as accommodation, food and other non-food items

Relocation of migrants from abandoned buildings in Bihać

Germany’s flood-hit regions are still trying to clean up the damage and rebuild, as residents are calling on authorities to do more to help flood victims.

In the western town of Stolberg, which has a higher share of people with migrant backgrounds, many houses and shops remain without gas and electricity more than six weeks after the devastating floods.
Murat Yurtsever, an bakery owner in the town center, said he has lost almost everything as the flood water damaged all electronic devices and appliances in his shop.
-We have managed to save our lives by moving to the upper floors on that night- he told Anadolu Agency, adding that his family and friends did not have time to move furniture and other essential items due to the sudden rise of water.
He criticized authorities for neglecting flood victims, leaving them alone in difficult conditions.
-So far the state only offered €5,000 help for each shop owner, nothing more at the moment- he said.
Around 400 shops in the town center were seriously affected by the flooding with damages estimated to be around several million euros.
Some of the streets of Stolberg are still filled with waste and building rubble, and piles of garbage are floating in the Vichtbach River.
The severe floods in mid-July claimed more than 180 lives and caused widespread devastation in Germany’s western states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
German politicians and local authorities faced criticism after reports revealed that they were too late in issuing warnings although the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) earlier alerted them about possible extreme floods.

Flood victims in western town of Stolberg still struggling to clean up damage, rebuild their properties

In the western town of Stolberg, which has a higher share of people with migrant backgrounds, many houses and shops remain without gas and electricity more than six weeks after the devastating floods

German town needs help weeks after deadly floods

Georgia's main opposition party on Thursday signed an EU-mediated agreement prepared by the head of the EU council to end the country’s political crisis.

After refusing for more than four months, the United National Movement (UNM) signed the five-point agreement prepared by Charles Michel this April.
Party head Nika Melia, visiting the EU representative office in the capital Tbilisi, said after signing the agreement that they decided to sign the deal to accelerate his country’s integration with the EU.
-Despite some controversial clauses in the agr't that prevented us from signing the document, today, considering the risks looming over our statehood, it is our obligation to stand above our opinions &amp; controversies, &amp; sign it- Melia said on Twitter.
Noting difference of opinion within the party on some parts of the agreement, Melia said that they signed it today as stability in the country and its integration with the EU are paramount.

Under an agreement brokered by Michel during his visit this April, a number of people the opposition calls political prisoners and those arrested in 2019 during protests against the Russian delegation in the capital Tbilisi are set to be released.

It also calls for early general elections in 2022 if Georgian Dream, the ruling party, gets less than 43% of the votes in this year's local elections.
In addition, the next parliamentary elections are set to be held with a 2% threshold with a fully proportional system, and the opposition will participate with more representatives in the election commissions.
It envisages making judicial reforms with parliament's contributions as well as selecting heads of parliamentary committees from among the opposition.
The agreement caused discord among the opposition Monday, with some parties reluctant to sign the agreement due to the country’s ongoing political crisis.​​​​​​​

United National Movement signs 5-point agreement prepared by president of EU council

After refusing for more than four months, the United National Movement (UNM) signed the five-point agreement prepared by Charles Michel this April

Georgian opposition party signs EU-mediated agreement

The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt commended the B&amp;H Central Bank for carrying out its constitutional and legal obligations in the best interest of the entire country.

Every citizen of the State of B&amp;H in both entities and the Brčko District profit from a stable currency.
-The B&amp;H Central Bank contributes to preserving the stability of the domestic currency and the banking sector, even during global crises. Most recently, it distributed in due time the IMF allocation to B&amp;H intended to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. International credit rating agencies, whose reports guide investment decisions, have repeatedly recognized this important role of the B&amp;H Central Bank- said the High Representative.
The High Representative expressed in a telephone conversation with Governor Senad Softić full support for the institution and the work of the Board of Governors, underlining that preserving the continuity of its work and its independence from politics is vital to B&amp;H’s overall stability and development, stated the OHR.&nbsp;

Every citizen of the State of B&H in both entities and the Brčko District profit from a stable currency

The High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt

Schmidt: Stable and independent Central Bank of BiH is a public interest

Italian police said Thursday they had raided a company specialising in military drones that they believe was illegally bought by Chinese state firms as a way of acquiring its expertise.

The financial crimes police said they had identified three Italian and three Chinese managers suspected of breaking the law on the circulation of armaments and on the protection of strategic Italian companies.
An investigation by prosecutors in Pordenone, northeast Italy, found that in 2018 a Hong Kong-based company had paid a vastly inflated price for 75 percent of the Italian firm, which had contracts with the defence ministry.
Behind the purchasing company was a complex web of corporate holdings traced back to "two important government-owned companies in the People's Republic of China", the police statement said.
The authorities were not informed of the sale, as is required by law, while the temporary export of a military drone to China, ostensibly for a 2019 Shanghai fair, was not properly declared.
Police said the Italian firm had been bought not as an investment but "exclusively for the acquisition of its technological and production know-how, including military", with plans allegedly under way to transfer production facilities to the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi.

The authorities were not informed of the sale, as is required by law, while the temporary export of a military drone to China, ostensibly for a 2019 Shanghai fair, was not properly declared

Behind the purchasing company was a complex web of corporate holdings traced back to "two important government-owned companies in the People's Republic of China", the police statement said

Italy police raid drone firm 'illegally bought by China'

Ireland on Thursday slapped Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service with a record fine for breaching EU data privacy laws after European regulators demanded the penalty be increased.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission was entrusted with the case because Facebook's European headquarters are situated in the country.
-And following this reassessment the DPC has imposed a fine of 225 million euros ($267 million) on WhatsApp- the commission said, by far the largest penalty it has ever issued to a company, dwarfing the 450,000-euro fine imposed on Twitter last year. 
As Ireland hosts the regional headquarters of a number of major tech players such as Apple, Google and Twitter, the DPC has been largely responsible for policing adherence to the EU's landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) charter.
But Ireland has come under pressure for not taking a firm enough line against tech giants, who are generally understood to be drawn to the country by its low corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent.
WhatsApp said it would appeal the decision.
-We disagree with the decision today- it said in a statement, calling the penalties "entirely disproportionate."

The DPC launched the WhatsApp probe in December 2018 to examine whether the messaging app "discharged its GDPR transparency obligations" with regard to telling users how their data would be processed between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies.

In an initial finding submitted to other European regulators for approval last December, the DPC proposed imposing a fine of between 30 and 50 million euros, but a number of national regulators rejected the figure, triggering the launch of a dispute resolution process in June.
Last month, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) instructed the DPC to increase the fine, with Germany's regulator leading the calls for the penalty to be higher. 
The EDPB said that the fine had to "reflect a significant level of non-compliance which impact on all of the processing carried out by WhatsApp" in Ireland.
The fine had to be "effective, dissuasive and proportionate," it said. 
Hailed as a potent weapon to bring tech titans to heel, the GDPR endowed national watchdogs with cross-border powers and the possibility to impose sizeable fines for data misuse.
But Germany's data protection commissioner, Ulrich Kelber, in March wrote an open letter criticising the DPC for the "extremely slow" way it handled GDPR complaints.&nbsp;

WhatsApp said it would appeal the decision

Ireland's Data Protection Commission was entrusted with the case because Facebook's European headquarters are situated in the country

Ireland fines WhatsApp for breaching EU privacy laws

Director of the Una National Park Amarildo Mulić confirmed that about 83,000 visits were registered this year at the National Park, which is almost 60 percent more than last year's figures in the same period.

-This was a good tourist season for the Una National Park and the tourism and hospitality sector in general in the Una-Sana Canton, especially when we take into account the pandemic circumstances.We registered about 83,000 visits, and we expect to exceed the number of 90,000 by the end of the year. This brings us closer to the number of 100 thousand visitors that we had in 2018.&nbsp;I remind you that 2019 was a record year with 120 thousand visits, and I am sure that if there was no coronavirus pandemic and everything that caused we would today talk about 200,000 visitors and tourists annually- said director Mulić.Today, the Minister of Economy of the Una-Sana Canton, Samra Mehić, visited the Una National Park who once again emphasized the leading role of this national park in the development of tourism and the importance of mutual cooperation and support.

They expect to exceed the number of 90,000 by the end of the year

Una National Park has already registered 83,000 guests this year

The Embassy of the United Stated to B&amp;H together with the partners organized the closing ceremony for the project "Mine-Free Sarajevo" last night at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Thanks to the project, more than six million square meters of land in both B&amp;H entities have been cleared of mines. The United States financed the implementation of this project.
US Ambassador to B&amp;H Eric Nelson called this "a wonderful day because four municipalities, from Vogošća to Stari Grad, have finally been cleared of mines."
The project implementers visited the cleared terrains on the nearby Trebević mountain together with the mayors of Stari Grad and Istočni Stari Grad. On this occasion Ambassador Nelson said that it was amazing to be at the site between the walking paths and the former mined areas.
-This is a clear investment. Peace, progress, reconciliation- Nelson added, reminding that the project gathered a broad coalition of partners, and stressed that the Armed Forces of B&amp;H were also engaged.
On Monday, six senators from the United States attended the donation of additional demining equipment.
-This is what the NATO partnership looks like in action- said, among other things, the US Ambassador, announcing a lot of other activities, such as plan for demining the Brčko District region by 2024, together with partners.
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Stanley Brown said the completion of the “Mine-Free Sarajevo” project means greater security for citizens and more safe areas, and his country is proud to be able to participate in the project.
The United States has invested USD 124 million in the project, Brown said, announcing the continuation of US engagement in the demining process in B&amp;H.

The project implementers visited the cleared terrains on the nearby Trebević mountain together with the mayors of Stari Grad and Istočni Stari Grad

Nelson: This is wonderful day for Sarajevo, four municipalities cleared of mines

Head of the European Union Delegation and EU Special Representative in B&amp;H Ambassador Johann Sattler and Mostar Mayor Mario Kordić opened the festival 'Open City Mostar' last night, which will last three weeks and feature more than eighty events.

Sattler said that this is a wonderful day for Mostar, Herzegovina and the whole region and that he believes that in the next 22 days, which will be filled with various artistic events, everyone will find something interesting and have the opportunity to visit some of the events.
He added that the European Union wants to provide support, it wants to help now "when the City of Mostar has turned over a new leaf".
-After ten years elections were held in the City of Mostar and now we have the City Council, we have the opposition. We also want to help musicians who had a difficult period due to coronavirus pandemic. In addition to that there are significant tourist potentials that the City of Mostar certainly has, and these are also events that unite and gather citizens. We want this festival and these events to be inscribed on the calendar of culture in Mostar and to become a traditional event. I am glad that we managed to join forces and achieved this- said Sattler at the opening of the festival.
Mayor Kordić pointed out that this event has multiple purposes and that one of them is certainly the extension of the tourist season in order to give a little more impetus to tourism in the City of Mostar after last year and all the restrictions we had.
The festival is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Mostar School of Rock and Club 27 in partnership with the City of Mostar.

The festival is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Mostar School of Rock and Club 27 in partnership with the City of Mostar

Head of the European Union Delegation and EU Special Representative in B&H Ambassador Johann Sattler

Sattler and Kordić open the 'Open City Mostar' festival

Some 10,000 health workers in Greece faced being suspended as a deadline to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ran out on Wednesday, a union said.

From September 1, inoculations become mandatory for health workers, and those who don't comply will not be allowed to work.
Protests broke out on Wednesday morning in front of hospitals throughout the country to oppose compulsory vaccinations and to highlight the consequences of mass dismissals on the country's health services.
According to estimates by the National Federation of Public Hospital Workers, some 10,000 health workers, or 10 percent of the workforce, had not been jabbed by Wednesday.
More specifically, the ambulance service will have to work with 1,245 less personnel, financial newspaper Naftemporiki reported.
-We are pushing health workers to be vaccinated, but we are against compulsory vaccination, which poses a democratic problem- Dimitris Kourouvalakis, a member of the executive committee of the federation, told AFP.
The federation has called for a strike on Thursday morning, and protests in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece's second biggest city.
Health Minister Athanassios Plevris said Wednesday that the legislation bringing in mandatory vaccinations, which was voted in July, "will be implemented."
The government is now trying to find measures to fill the gaps, such as suspending holidays for health workers who have been vaccinated, to ensure that services are fully operational. 
It also plans to move ahead with a reshuffle of healthcare workers within hospitals, mergers of clinics, the replacement of those suspended with auxiliary staff and partnerships with the private sector.
According to the government, over 90 percent of patients currently hospitalised with Covid-19 are not vaccinated.
More than 5.7 million in a 10.7-million-strong population are fully jabbed.

From September 1, inoculations become mandatory for health workers, and those who don't comply will not be allowed to work

Members of the union of Greek public hospital staff (POEDIN) gather during a rally to protest the mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers against COVID-19, in Thessaloniki on August 26, 2021.

10,000 unvaccinated Greek health workers face suspension: union

The Public Health Institute of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the FB&amp;H Red Cross signed an agreement today, which formalizes the successful cooperation between the two institutions during the COVID- pandemic 19.

The agreement requires continued cooperation, including partnership in organizing the process of mass immunization of the population in FB&amp;H against COVID 19.
It represents a working plan for cooperation between the two institutions and joint work wherever and whenever possible, initiatives and activities in the field of mass immunization, mutual cooperation with the aim of protecting health in crisis situations.
One of the signatories, Secretary-General of the FB&amp;H Red Cross Namik Hodžić, told reporters that the organization would assist the Institute in the administrative part of the immunization process, as well as the population, especially those living far from vaccination sites, and other relevant activities. 
The activities at the checkpoints include assistance in maintaining hygienic-epidemiological measures, assistance in the arrival of especially elderly and less mobile people, as well as in identification of citizens upon arrival for vaccination. It is also possible to transport elderly and less mobile people, vulnerable categories.
Hodžić reminds that the Red Cross has been cooperating with the Institute since the beginning of the pandemic and, based on today's agreement, is putting up capacities with the aim of supporting the organization of the process of mass immunization. He called on the population to be vaccinated against COVID.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

It represents a working plan for cooperation between the two institutions and joint work wherever and whenever possible

The agreement requires continued cooperation, including partnership in organizing the process of mass immunization of the population in FB&H against COVID 19

FB&H Public Health Institute and the Red Cross sign a Cooperation Agreement

A contract for the procurement of fifteen new low-floor trams for the needs of public transport in the city was signed today in Sarajevo.

The agreement on the modernization of public transport was signed by the Minister of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton Adnan Šteta and Željko Davidović, Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe of the company Stadler, the supplier of the mentioned trams.
It is a project implemented by the Government of the SC with a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in the total amount of 34 million euros.
After the ceremonial act of signing the mentioned contract, Minister Šteta stated that this is a generational project and the largest investment in public transport in the last 40 years in Sarajevo.
He reminded that in addition to this, the procurement of 25 new trolleybuses has also been agreed whose delivery will start at the beginning of next year, as well as the reconstruction of the tram tracks that recently began on the section Ilidža - Nedžarići.
-In addition to these three projects, together with the EBRD and the EIB we are working on the development of new projects, namely the construction of a tram line from Ilidža to Hrasnica, expansion of the trolleybus network to Vogošća- said Šteta, adding that additional procurement of trams and trolleybuses has been agreed, in addition to the mentioned 15 and 25, respectively.
The signing of the Agreement was welcomed by the representatives of the EIB, the EBRD and Stadler, expressing the expectation that the cooperation within the mentioned projects will be successfully continued.
EIB Director for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro Sandrine Friscia pointed out that the EIB "as the European Union's climate bank, wants to help the region move to more sustainable transport, which will result in a cleaner environment to mitigate climate change."
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Stadler Dr. Ansgar Brockmeyer reminded that Sarajevo is one of the first cities on the European continent to introduce tram traffic, stating that the new trams, which will be delivered to KS, rely on the latest technologies.
The new trams, which will be at disposal to the citizens of Sarajevo, have wider doors, and, as it was explained, they are low-floor vehicles with only one step, with flexible wheels and drive that 'protects' the rails, and reduced noise and vibration levels, as well as lower energy consumption and adequate air conditioning.
As planned, the delivery of new trams, in accordance with the Agreement, should start 24 months after its signing, i.e., in September or October 2023, and be completed by the summer of 2024.
In December last year, the SC government selected five potential bidders for the purchase of new trams, and the bids were submitted by a consortium of Stadler Polska from Poland and Stadler Rail Valencia from Spain, Durmazlar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi from Turkey, CAF from Spain, Škoda Transportation from the Czech Republic and Alstom from France.
In addition to the procurement of new trams, the Ministry of Transport also initiated the reconstruction of the tram tracks and the works within that project began on August 26 that will include the renovation of 21.4 kilometers of the tram network in Sarajevo.&nbsp;

As planned, the delivery of new trams, in accordance with the Agreement, should start 24 months after its signing, i.e., in September or October 2023., and be completed by the summer of 2024.

After the ceremonial act of signing the mentioned contract, Minister Šteta stated that this is a generational project and the largest investment in public transport in the last 40 years in Sarajevo

A contract on procurement of 15 new low-floor trams signed today

Pope Francis announced plans to visit Greece, Cyprus and Malta and confirmed he hopes to attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

The 84-year-old has already scheduled a visit to Slovakia September 12-15 after a brief stop in Hungary to celebrate a mass in the capital Budapest.
Asked by Spain's Cope radio whether he may also travel to Spain to coincide with the Holy Year in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela, the pontiff said he could not rule it out.
-But my choice so far of travel to Europe is the small countries. First it was Albania and then all the countries that were small- he said.
-Now Slovakia is on the programme, then Cyprus, Greece and Malta. I wanted to take that option: first to the smaller countries...&nbsp;And if I go to Santiago, I go to Santiago but not to Spain, let's be clear- ruling out an official trip to the country.The pope, who has been outspoken on the need to tackle climate change, also confirmed he hoped to attend the COP26 conference in Scotland in November -- and urged participants to aim high.
-It all depends on how I feel at the time. But in fact, my speech is already being prepared, and the plan is to be there- he said.
It is the biggest climate summit since the 2015 Paris negotiation, which Francis said "was the summum (pinnacle) in becoming globally aware". 
-Then what happened? Fear set in- Francis said.

-And slowly, in the subsequent meetings, they went backwards. I hope that Glasgow will now raise its sights a bit and bring us more in line.-
The official programme for his trip to Hungary includes a meeting with President Janos Ader and Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his arrival.
Asked what he would like to say to Orban, whose anti-migration views contrast with his own, Francis appeared to avoid the question.
-I don't know if I am going to meet him. I know that authorities will come to greet me...&nbsp;One of my ways is not to go around with a script: when I am in front of a person, I look him in the eyes and let things come out.&nbsp;It doesn't even occur to me to think about what I'm going to say if I'm with him, those potential future situations that don't help me.-

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Exercise "Combined Effort 21" starts in Manjača

German court rules longest rail strike yet can go ahead

Why the HJPC is silent: Who are the members of the Second Instance Commission in the "Ranko Debevec" case

Relocation of migrants from abandoned buildings in Bihać

German town needs help weeks after deadly floods

Georgian opposition party signs EU-mediated agreement

Schmidt: Stable and independent Central Bank of BiH is a public interest

Italy police raid drone firm 'illegally bought by China'

Ireland fines WhatsApp for breaching EU privacy laws

Una National Park has already registered 83,000 guests this year

Nelson: This is wonderful day for Sarajevo, four municipalities cleared of mines

Sattler and Kordić open the 'Open City Mostar' festival

10,000 unvaccinated Greek health workers face suspension: union

FB&H Public Health Institute and the Red Cross sign a Cooperation Agreement

A contract on procurement of 15 new low-floor trams signed today

Pope to visit Greece, Cyprus, Malta