Parliament has adopted, at second reading on Thursday, amendments to the Activities of Collective Investment Schemes and Other Undertakings for Collective Investment Act, which also amend the Public Procurement Act. MPs decided that, by 30 November, every contracting authority must draw up and publ»»»

Judge Vasil Pelovski of the Varna Administrative Court and Prosecutor Marinela Toteva of the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office are the first nominees from the judges' and prosecutors' quotas, respectively, for the new composition of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the Council said on Thursda»»»

London: Record-breaking heatwaves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, the UK Health Security Agency said Wednesday. The provisional figure is almost double the total for the whole of the summer in 2025, which was 1,504, and represents "a substantial public health imp»»»

Dubai: Middle East airlines are slowly climbing out of the hole left by the Iran conflict, new figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show, even as global air travel demand fell for a third straight month in June. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balance»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has condemned in the strongest terms the renewal of aggression by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the territories of both the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Kuwait. It considered them a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the two states and the integ»»»

Belgrade: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Belgrade on a working visit to the Republic of Serbia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed His Highness upon arrival at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News a»»»

DUBAI: Following the departure of Eddie Howe as Newcastle United’s manager, online reports are claiming that he could be replaced at the English Premier League club by Al-Ahli’s German coach Matthias Jaissle. Jaissle has led the Jeddah club to back-to-back AFC Champions League Elite titles in the l»»»

HANOI: The US ‌Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in Vietnam’s Danang on Thursday for a five-day visit, the latest sign of growing ties between Washington and Hanoi. The port call comes nearly three years after the United States and Vietnam upgraded relations to a»»»

DUBAI: Welcome, then, to the future — and the present — of Hollywood. A world in which studio execs can apparently only greenlight a project that’s based on existing IP or that is practically indistinguishable from it. Apple TV’s “The Dink” is a film that appears to have been assembled by a combina»»»

The Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Investments and Industry unanimously adopted the formation of a Subcommittee to support the process of Bulgaria's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). All 20 deputies voted "in favour". Each parliamentary grou»»»

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Dubai: Dubai added 24,800 homes during the first half of 2026, giving buyers and tenants more choice as the residential market moved into a period of steadier growth following two years of elevated activity. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The number of completed homes»»»

Simon, Iuga & Partners Real Estate Advisors, Space Brokers, and Triflow are launching Worldwide Advisory & Investments (WAI), a regional alliance that provides companies and investors with a single point of access to real estate opportunities across Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hu»»»

AI adoption among urban internet users in Romania has increased significantly over the past year, while traditional text search and the link between television advertising and online action have weakened, according to the 11th wave of Spark Foundry Romania’s Focus On: Romanians’ New Media Adoption »»»

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the Lebanese Army remains the central pillar of national unity and stability, stressing its role in defending sovereignty and completing the liberation of Lebanese territory from Israeli occupation. In a statement marking Army Day on August 1, Speaker Be»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the renewal of aggressions by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the territories of both the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Kuwait, considering them a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the two states and the int»»»

Armenia is preparing to launch a major artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in the city of Hrazdan, with the first phase of the project involving $500mn in investment and thousands of high-performance computing processors, the Ministry of High-Tech Industry said. High-Tech Industry Minister&nbs»»»

Damascus, July 30 (SANA) Syria has reduced the price of industrial fuel oil from $475 to $400 per metric ton to lower production costs, support manufacturers and strengthen the competitiveness of domestic industries, Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said on Thursday.The move aims to ease financia»»»

The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Delina Ibrahimaj, and the Deputy Minister of Interior of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vu Chien Thang, signed in Vietnam the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of employment, creating a stable institutional framework for the recruitm»»»

FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in a $20 billion commercial subsidiary has drawn strong criticism from football’s regional confederations, which said they were blindsided by the world governing body’s plan to bring private investors into the sport. The Confederations of North America, Central Americ»»»

Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday hailed the Lebanese Army and said that it should not be “put to tests” in connection with the so-called pilot zones scheme in south Lebanon. In a statement marking Army Day, Berri said the army is the role model of unity, identity, belonging, sacrifice and loyalty, a»»»

More than six in ten Romanians were unable to afford a one-week holiday away from home in 2025, the highest share in the European Union, according to the latest Eurostat data. A total of 61.4% of people aged 16 and over in Romania said they could not cover the cost of a week-long holiday outside th»»»

Voting secrecy for blind and visually impaired people has now been guaranteed through amendments to the Election Code, MP Ivan Yanev of Progressive Bulgaria said during a briefing at the National Assembly on Thursday. Voting machines will now be equipped with audio guidance, while voters with visua»»»

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on July 30 on a state visit at the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov. During the visit, the heads of state will hold one-on-one talks. The third meeting of the Interstate Council of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan will also take place. The »»»

RIYADH: Middle Eastern carriers showed signs of recovery in June, with cargo demand surging and passenger contractions easing as regional aviation began stabilizing after months of disruption. According to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association, international cargo traffic»»»

Kumamoto, Japan: Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said Thursday, triggering huge relief on social media. Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy -- a fluffy Norwegian Forest Cat -- and the others were in Cat C»»»

Kolkata: Police in West Bengal have seized more than Rs280 million in cash and 15kg of gold worth an estimated Rs210 million during a raid in Birbhum district, before arresting a man allegedly linked to a suspected crime syndicate. The raid, which began on Wednesday afternoon and continued for near»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s resident population has surged past 4.58 million, marking one of the fastest annual increases in the emirate’s history as authorities unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered real-time population monitoring system that will transform urban planning and policymaking. While the resident po»»»

Cairo: The Egyptian government said Thursday that a fire the day before at the port of Damietta was caused by a drone attack, the first to target the country since the outbreak of the Middle East war. Authorities had reported two gas ships were damaged by Wednesday's blaze, which private security m»»»

Asman Airlines will increase ticket prices on several domestic routes starting August 1, 2026. According to Airports of Kyrgyzstan OJSC, the fare adjustment is linked to rising aviation fuel costs in Kyrgyzstan. Fuel prices increased by 32 percent in July 2026, which affected the cost of air transp»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese judicial authorities issued a court summons on Thursday for former Central Bank governor Riad Salameh after he failed to appear at a hearing over an embezzlement complaint, a judicial source told AFP. Salameh headed the central bank from 1993 to July 2023, and was suspected by many»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Thursday the continued attacks on Jordan, reaffirming the Kingdom's solidarity with Jordan. The ministry said in a statement Saudi Arabia supports the measures taken by Jordan in response to what it described as Iranian violations of int»»»

Lebanese judicial authorities issued a court summons on Thursday for former Central Bank governor Riad Salameh after he failed to appear at a hearing over an embezzlement complaint, a judicial source told AFP. Salameh headed the central bank from 1993 to July 2023, and was suspected by many Lebanes»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani on Thursday, July 30, 2026, met HE Dr. Cristian Tudor, Ambassador of the European Union to Qatar, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. The Prime Minister wished»»»

Pakistan on Thursday said it is doing its “utmost” to bring the US and Iran back to the negotiating table under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told reporters that negotiations between the parties are ongoing to normaliz»»»

Doha, Qatar: The maximum temperatures are forecast to be between 43ºC and 45ºC, the Qatar Meteorology Department said as it issued its weekend weather report. Scattered clouds will give minimal respite, with lows ranging between 33ºC and 34ºC. The department added that local clouds could bring rain»»»

The Russian forces liberated the settlements of Yurchenkovo in the Kharkov region, as well as Mogritsa and Malaya Slobodka in the Sumy region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. "Units of the Sever battlegroup, as a result of active operations, established control over the settlemen»»»

Kumamoto: Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said Thursday, triggering huge relief on social media. Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy - a fluffy Norwegian Forest Cat - and the others were in Cat Cafe MOFF »»»

Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal on Thursday stressed that the army remains committed to fulfilling all its missions despite “the significant challenges posed by limited resources, the magnitude of the tasks, and the delicate circumstances.” Lamenting that Israel is continuing its attacks and»»»

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Dubai: A group of UAE-based Syrian entrepreneurs have launched what they describe as Syria's first integrated super app, bringing together hotel bookings, transport, lifestyle services and digital payments on a single platform. This comes as the country's tourism sector begins rebuilding after year»»»

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan on July 30 for a state visit. President Sadyr Japarov welcomed the distinguished guest at Issyk-Kul International Airport. As part of the official welcoming ceremony, elements of Kyrgyz national culture were prepared for the Uzbek lea»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4098 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change relative to Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament rejected an opposition no-confidence motion for the government on Wednesday evening. Forty of 176 MPs in attendance voted in favour of the motion, 135 voted against and one abstained. At the end of a three-day debate on the motion, PM Djuro Macut said his governmen»»»

Vazrazhdane floor leader Kostadin Kostadinov and a group of MPs have submitted to Parliament a draft resolution proposing that Parliament task the Council of Ministers with immediately renegotiating the current concession contracts for the extraction of gold, precious and rare metals. This was anno»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HM King Mohammed VI of the sisterly Kingdom of Morocco, on the occasion of Throne Day.»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil activities expanded by 0.6 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, even as the Kingdom’s real gross domestic product declined by 4.8 percent, official data showed. According to flash estimates from the General Authority for Statistics, the fall in real GDP»»»

We have already seen AI-generated visualisations of what Szeged might look like with a dried-up Tisza and a desertified landscape. The picture is not quite so bleak, but the fact remains that our lakes and rivers are facing record-low water levels, while vast swathes of the country are turning to d»»»

Romania’s Parliament has adopted the long-awaited Urban Planning, Territorial Planning and Construction Code, a comprehensive legislative reform designed to overhaul the country’s fragmented planning and construction framework by cutting bureaucracy and approval timelines and creating a more predic»»»

HEADLINES An Alpha Research survey of the Government's first 100 days leads Thursday's political coverage. 24 Chasa and Trud write that 42% of respondents approve of the Cabinet and 33% disapprove, while Prime Minister Rumen Radev records 48% approval and 31% disapproval. Bulgarian National Radio (»»»