Day: September 1, 2024

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Source: National news agency – Lebanon

A book presenting each of the 125 years since the establishment of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) by one major domestic and international development will be press-launched at the Apollonia Festival of Arts at the Sozopol Art Gallery on August 30.

The book, titled News on File: 1899-2023, is the third in a set marking the anniversary that BTA celebrated in 2023. The previous two are Personal Stories, in which current and former staffers of the Agency share their experiences, and History of BTA 1898-2023, written by Panayot Denev, who was BTA Director General between 1997 and 2002, and edited by Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova, PhD, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Prof. Preshlenova also acted as a consultant for the third and last book in the series, and Denev wrote the foreword.

“We don’t rank events in this book,” Denev told BTA. “These are not the most important developments for each of those years. But this is what we BTA chose,” he pointed out. He describ
ed the book as “show in the best sense of the word: at times it does not filter out negative developments, but in this case ‘show’ refers to knowledge, spectacle and fun,” the former BTA head explained. He noted that selecting one domestic and one international news story for each one of the past 125 years was a tremendous effort. “This is the effort of the primary selection, the secondary selection, and the final choice.”

“The book does not claim to rank the news headlines over those 125 years, it seeks to show the time spanning three centuries during which Bulgaria’s news agencies has always aspired to run real news, even though during certain periods access to this news has been restricted to select users, whether owing to a political situation or financial conditions,” reads the introduction to the book written by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev.

He notes that the Agency marked its 125th anniversary by opening all its news feed to everybody free of charge.” “On the other hand, the delving into the ar
chives recently revealed that viewing the news should not be limited to the current perspective because today’s news is tomorrow’s history,” Valchev points out. “The memory built up in the archives make BTA a custodian of knowledge, where ‘magister est posterioris prior dies’ (the previous day is the teacher for the next), as the Latin dictum says,” the BTA Director General adds.

He argues that the book is useful for today’s and tomorrow’s news-writers, who can more clearly see their responsibility to the present as well as to the future, where their news stories turn into lessons from the past.

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian conveyed in a message to his Vietnamese counterpart on Sunday his hopes for the continued strengthening of relations between the two nations across economic, political, and cultural sectors.

Pezeshkian’s remarks came as he extended congratulations to President To Lam and the people of Vietnam on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

He expressed his belief that, with the persistent efforts and determination of the Vietnamese government and its citizens, the country will achieve significant advancements in both economic and social development.

Highlighting the five-decade-long friendly relations between Iran and Vietnam, the Iranian president expressed optimism about the ongoing enhancement of bilateral ties in various fields.

Pezeshkian congratulated on Saturday Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the nation of Uzbekistan on the country’s independence day.

Iran’s President highlighted that improving collabora
tion with neighboring nations, notably Uzbekistan, is a primary foreign policy objective for his government, and expressed optimism that the countries’ ties will be enhanced further due to common interests.

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

Resistance issued the following: “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in backing their honorable and valiant resistance, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 4:45 pm on Sunday, 1-9-2024, the surveillance equipment at Hadb Yaroun site with an attacking assault glider, achieving a direct hit which led to its destruction.”

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

Head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, wrote on the ‘X’ platform: ‘On September 1, 1920, the struggles of our ancestors bore fruit in the declaration of Greater Lebanon, a state whose external and internal conspiracies intersected to overthrow its regime, and it collapsed.’

“The formula and the charter remain in our struggle; Lebanon’s neutrality from the conflict of the axes is binding and supporting Palestine is a duty,” Bassil went on.

He concluded by saying: “The civil state, productive economy and social justice are a condition for Lebanon’s stability and prosperity.”

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

Algeria’s membership to join the BRICS-run global bank has been approved, NDB chief and former Brazilian President Dilma Roussef confirmed to media on Saturday.

Established in 2015, the NDB offers resources to encourage development projects in emerging markets as an alternative to the World Bank and the IMF.

Bangladesh, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay were admitted as new members of the bank in 2021.

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

The Islamic Resistance issued the following: “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in backing their honorable and valiant resistance, and in response to the enemy’s attacks on the steadfast southern villages and secure homes, especially the assault this morning on the town of Rmeish, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an “Israeli” army patrol near the Kfar Yuval checkpoint with appropriate weapons on Sunday, 1-9-2024, achieving confirmed hits.”

Source: National news agency – Lebanon

An Israeli enemy drone on Sunday dropped several bombs on the area of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.

Source: National news agency – Lebanon