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(Adnkronos) – Italy backs the acceleration of Albania and Montenegro’s European Union membership bids and “also those of all other candidate countries,” foreign minister Antonio Tajani told reporters in Tirana on Wednesday.  ‘We are absolutely in favour of speeding up negotiations for

(Adnkronos) – The potential for economic cooperation between the Adriatic and Balkan regions is “immense” and Italy has made the Balkans “a priority area” for its internationalisation action plan, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday,  “The potential for economic cooperation between

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–Attention is being paid to whether Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be able to implement her plan to cut consumption tax to zero for food, following the launch of her second administration Wednesday. Takaichi will face a

(Adnkronos) – Corridor VIII, the infrastructure axis that will link the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea, is a “crucial strategic priority” for Italy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a press conference in Albania’s capital, Tirana on Wednesday.  The rail, road project

Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi launched her second cabinet on Wednesday, maintaining all members from the first cabinet, after being re-elected prime minister earlier in the day. Takaichi’s first cabinet resigned en masse in the morning. She was

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force has decided to cancel the dispatch of a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft to the Iron Fist joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa Prefecture, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The

(Adnkronos) – The Corridor VIII strategic infrastructure project linking the Adriatic to the Black Sea is crucial to propel Italy’s surging exports and also to Nato, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a meeting in Albania’s capital, Tirana on Wednesday.  “We are a

(Adnkronos) – Ten skiers are missing after an avalanche occurred yesterday in California. Local authorities announced this, specifying that the avalanche hit Castle Peak, in the Sierra Nevada, in the northern part of the state.  A group of 16 skiers, including four

Tokyo, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of visitors from mainland China to Japan plunged 60.7 pct from a year earlier to 385,300 in January, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The January decline accelerated from 45.3 pct in December, as

(Adnkronos) – Nine people in total were arrested yesterday in France as part of the investigation into the beating of young Quentin Deranque on Saturday in Lyon. Of these, six are suspected of having taken part in the assault; the other three,