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While expectations were that tourism would grow by around 15% this year, official figures have dampened this optimism, and tour operators even expect the summer season of 2025 to be weaker than last year. Individual reservations for July-August are lower than a year ago, especially from Vlora to Saranda.

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Pakistan is currently at the centre of international attention, facing the prospect of returning to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist for the fourth time. This development is not just a diplomatic setback but will bring about a chain of economic consequences that could cripple Pakistan's already fragile economy.

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Judicial and Police cooperation represents a key vector of bilateral cooperation between Italy and Albania. Every day, 14 joint investigative teams work hard to prevent and fight transnational organized crime, one of the hardest plagues to combat and eradicate. While evidence suggests a slowdown in certain aspects of globalization, criminal organizations are taking advantage of the opportunities created by globalization itself, i.e., easier, faster and cheaper communication technologies, financial deregulation, more open borders that increased flows of people and money.

The Ocean Race Europe 2025 will start on August 10 from Kiel, Germany with the 850-nautical mile opening leg taking the fleet to Portsmouth, England. Leg 2 sees the fleet race 1,400 nautical miles to Cartagena, Spain – via a fly-by in Matosinhos / Porto in Portugal. The 650-nautical mile third leg through the Mediterranean finishes in Nice, France, before the fleet sets off on the planned-to-be 600-nautical mile fourth leg to Genova, Italy. The approximately 1,000-nautical mile fifth and final leg takes the crews into the Adriatic to the finish inBoka Bay, Montenegro.