The chairman of the Supreme Election Council of Turkey Ahmet Yener made ‎public the definitive results from the second round of the presidential elections ‎in the country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins 52.18% of the votes, his rival ‎Kemal Kilicdaroglu – 47.82%. 

“The election showed a deeply divided society, ‎as evidenced by the slim margin in the results. Some analysts say the upcoming ‎term will be much harder for Recep Erdogan than the previous one. He is ‎going to be hard pressed by the inflation, the collapse of the Turkish lira, the ‎high unemployment rate,” journalist Nahide Deniz comments for the BNR, ‎and adds that Erdogan’s first goal from now on will be the local election in the ‎autumn, and especially winning back Istanbul from the opposition. ‎

Farming in Albania is going through an important process of restructuring, ‎with small farms with 1-2 cows giving way to bigger farms with more than 10 ‎heads of cattle, while support for this sector has been growing with grants and ‎training, stated Frida Krifca, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, ‎as quoted by the Bulgarian news agency BTA. 

On World Milk Day, 1 June, ‎Frida Krifca pointed out that milk is an important source of income in villages, ‎and in agriculture as a whole. Out of four products, certified recently as “Made ‎in Albania”, three are dairy products – Mishavine cheese (cow, goat and sheep ‎milk) from Kelmendi mountain, the cheese from Malësi e Madhe, and goat ‎cheese from Dibër, with a protected geographical indication, designation of ‎origin and a traditional speciality guarantee. 

According to Frida Krifca, these ‎are traditional products popular in rural tourism. ‎

Compiled by Miglena Ivanova