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UAE supports efforts to combat wildfires in Montenegro
Sharjah24
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The team is actively working to combat fires across multiple areas of the country. A specialised UAE firefighting aircraft, carrying essential equipment and supplies, departed Abu Dhabi on Monday for Podgorica to join urgent response efforts to...
Šahmanović: Montenegro expects first large private wind and solar plants to be online in 2026
Balkan Green Energy News
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August 19, 2025
Admir Šahmanović served as Minister of Mining, Oil and Gas in the government of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić. In February this year, he became the coordinator of the Ministry of Energy, and since April, he has served as Montenegro’s Minister of...
Montenegro and Elections
Rroma
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August 19, 2025
The Roma Council in Montenegro informed that, based on the Law on Minority Rights and Freedoms and the Rules for the Election of Members of the Council of Minority Peoples, on 01.08.2025. it published a public call for applications for electors to...
Portugal prime minister insists ‘everything is ready’ to return to F1 calendar
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano defends Nadia Montenegro amid Senate marijuana allegations
Manila Standard
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August 19, 2025
Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano, wife and manager of singer Gary Valenciano, has spoken out in defense of longtime friend Nadia Montenegro, who resigned as political adviser to Sen. Robin Padilla after being linked to alleged marijuana use inside the...
Montenegro resigns from Padilla’s office; drug testing at Senate set
Inquirer
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August 19, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Former actress Nadia Montenegro has resigned from her position as political affairs officer in the office of Sen. Robin Padilla, the senator’s chief of staff announced on Monday. In her five-page resignation letter dated Aug....
Montenegro and Lúcia Amaral at the funeral of firefighter who died on Sunday
Portugal Pulse
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August 18, 2025
The funeral will take place on Tuesday at 10:30 AM in Covilhã. Daniel Agrelo, a member of the Covilhã Fire Department, died following a traffic accident late Sunday afternoon while on his way to a rural fire in the region. The accident occurred at...
Wild Beauty, Empty Words: Montenegro Failing on EU Environment Benchmarks
Balkan Insight
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August 19, 2025
When Montenegro enshrined the words ‘ecological state’ into its constitution in 1991, the step was hailed as a milestone for the then Yugoslav republic rich in natural beauty. More than three decades later, however, environmental activist...
Gary Valenciano’s wife Angeli defends Nadia Montenegro amid alleged marijuana use
Inquirer
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August 19, 2025
Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano (left) and Nadia Montenegro. Photos: INQUIRER.net, Jessica Ann Evangelista/Facebook, Nadia Montenegro Pla Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano, wife and manager of singer Gary Valenciano, is stepping in to defend her long-time...
Sana all! Netizens shocked at Nadia Montenegro’s P100K salary under Robin Padilla
Politiko
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August 19, 2025
The resignation of former actress Nadia Montenegro from Senator Robin Padilla’s staff has stirred fresh controversy online, after netizens discovered she was earning nearly ₱100,000 a month in her Senate post. Montenegro’s pay grade was revealed...
Is Israel Committing Genocide In Gaza? International Court Will Take Years
The Nigerian Voice
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South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its...
Jose (Pepe) Montenegro
The Suffolk Times - New York
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August 18, 2025
Jose (Pepe) Montenegro of Southold passed away on Aug. 5, 2025, at the age of 94. He was born on Nov. 19, 1930 in Havana, Cuba to Angel and Maria Montenegro. He attended the Civil Military Institute, the Professional School of Commerce and in 1958...
Nadia Montenegro resigns from Senator Padilla's office amid marijuana probe
The Manila Times
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August 18, 2025
Former actress Nadia Montenegro. PHOTO FROM OSRP OFFICE OF SENATOR ROBIN PADILLA (UPDATE) SEN. Robinhood Padilla has accepted the resignation of actress Nadia Montenegro as his political affairs officer, days after she was linked to a Senate...
Actress resigns as Padilla’s political affairs officer
Philstar
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August 18, 2025
Neil Jayson Servallos - The Philippine Star August 19, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Actress Nadia Montenegro has resigned from her post at the Senate following allegations of her marijuana use inside the chamber, a charge she denied. In a...
Chega requests an urgent debate with Montenegro and Lúcia Amaral about fires
Portugal Pulse
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August 18, 2025
The Chega party called for an urgent parliamentary meeting today, noting its atypicality for this period. Chega believes it necessary for the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Administration to appear in parliament to explain their poor...
How President George Washington would end Russia’s war against Ukraine
ABC St. Louis - Missouri
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The following is an editorial by Armstrong Williams. President George Washington would end the Russian war in Ukraine with the stroke of a pen. Following his 1793 Neutrality Proclamation regarding the ongoing conflict between France and Great...
Montenegro participated in a meeting with Zelensky: “We will achieve a just peace”
Portugal Pulse
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August 17, 2025
The Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, was among the European leaders who held a virtual meeting this Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to prepare for the upcoming meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next Monday. Following the...
Nadia Montenegro’s exit prompts questions on her credentials in Padilla’s office
Interaksyon
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August 18, 2025
Questions about actress Nadia Montenegro‘s qualifications as a staff for Sen. Robin Padilla, an actor-turned-politician, were raised following the discovery of her salary grade. On Monday, August 18, Padilla’s office said that it has received...
Algarve water remains government priority
The Portugal News
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For the Prime Minister, this is the largest investment ever in the Algarve region, "part of a strategy" the Government has for the entire country to manage water, a resource that in Portugal "exists in sufficient quantity." "We don't have a water...
Nadia Montenegro resigns as Senator Padilla’s political affairs officer
The Manila Times
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August 18, 2025
Former actress Nadia Montenegro. PHOTO FROM OSRP OFFICE OF SENATOR ROBIN PADILLA MANILA, Philippines — The office of Senator Robinhood Padilla confirmed on Monday, August 18, that former actress Nadia Montenegro has resigned as his political...