TEHRAN (ANA)- Trade deficit in March reached 42 billion Albanian lek (around 440.2 million U.S. dollars), increasing by 8.3 percent year-on-year, the country's Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.4 percent in 2023, largely due to a reduction in the amount of gas used in power stations, according to official data.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Slovenia's economy is expected to expand by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of 2024, the central bank said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Annual inflation for shop prices in the United Kingdom (UK) dropped to 1.3 percent in March, the lowest level in more than two years, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) announced.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Ukraine's international reserves soared to a record high of about 43.8 billion U.S. dollars as of April 1, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said in a statement.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The German inflation rate fell to 2.2 percent in March, marking the lowest level since April 2021, according to preliminary figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Research will be jointly conducted by 12 New Zealand research teams and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over the next six months on feasibility studies in environmental monitoring, water and climate modeling, natural hazards, and biodiversity.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the government will create an investment fund worth 1 billion euros (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) to promote the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

TEHRAN (ANA)- New Zealand's food prices increased 2.1 percent in the 12 months to February 2024, the smallest increase since May 2021, according to the statistics department Stats NZ.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Arms imports to Europe surged 94 percent in 2019-2023 from 2014-2018, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).