As most Western communities expect to grapple with water shortages this summer and fall, one is looking to share its unlikely surplus. San Diego County in California spent nearly $1 billion on a desalination plant after a 1990s drought left it with scarce supply. Now, with the seawater-to-tap water plant running at just one-third of…
Shorouk Express The AfD won nearly 15 percent of votes in the state, coming in third place, according to the initial results. In the last municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia five years ago, the party won 5.1 percent of votes. In the city of Gelsenkirchen, a former center of heavy industry, the AfD candidate appeared…
Shorouk Express For the past seven years, Dejana Stosic, 26, has been renting in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. Originally from a small town in the south of the country, Stostic recently found a job with a higher salary at a private company. But the cost of living remains high, and she has no plans to…
Shorouk Express But on Monday the government announced it would not appoint Tsyvinskyi to the position and instead asked the commission to pick two other candidates. Civil society groups and lawmakers say the government’s actions are illegal, threaten the independence of law enforcement, and jeopardize international aid — just as Ukrainian officials head from Kyiv…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14. Tehran has warned against supporting Israel, the statement of local media said, Trend reports. The Iranian government noted that if the European countries and the US help Israel repel Iranian attacks, Tehran will target those countries’ facilities in the Middle East, including cargo and military ships in the Persian…
Shorouk Express Kremlin says Trump’s comments about Putin due to ‘emotional overload’ US president Donald Trump’s claims that Vladimir Putin has gone “absolutely crazy” are down to “emotional overload”, the Kremlin has claimed. Mr Trump on Sunday said his Russian counterpart Mr Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing a massive aerial attack on Ukraine…
Shorouk Express Ahead of their trip, the European leaders issued a joint statement which followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed call for Russia to agree to a 30-day truce, allowing time for negotiations, or face “further sanctions” from “the U.S. and its partners.” It is not clear if Trump was asked to sign up to…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 9. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing up to 9.9 million euros in financing to support the expansion of KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in Southeast Europe, Trend reports. The funding will go to Aptha Global and Tastra, two Bosnia and Herzegovina-based companies, for projects in…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The leader of Hungary’s largest opposition party on Sunday told thousands of supporters that he would guide his country out of its international isolation…
Shorouk Express Saramo, Spain’s Isabel Serra and Portugal’s Catarina Martins argued they had been on an “observation mission” to monitor compliance with a recent EU court ruling annulling the agriculture and fishing arrangements between the EU and Morocco. The MEPs were traveling in a personal capacity as their visit was not an official mission organized…
