China perfect market for Europe's wine industry, says Slovak winemaker

STORY: China perfect market for Europe's wine industry, says Slovak winemaker DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): EDUARD SEBO, Slovak winemaker 2. various of photos from Sebo's archive about the Wine Culture Festival 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Slovak): EDUARD SEBO, Slovak winemaker 4. various of photos from Sebo's archive about the Wine Culture Festival STORYLINE: Europe's wine cellars are brimming, while demand for the product is steadily increasing in China, Slovak winemaker Eduard Sebo told Xinhua in a recent interview. The recent drop in demand across Europe keeps pushing the prices down and threatens to destroy the wine industry, he said. As a result, vineyards are being uprooted and local wine producers are forced to distill wine into other products like alcohol for disinfectants or look for new markets, he added. Meanwhile, wine consumption and production are on the rise in China, Sebo said after he attended a recent competit

UN congratulates new Somalian leader on successful polls

STORY: UN congratulates new Somalian leader on successful polls DATELINE: May 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Mogadishu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of voting booths 2. various of outgoing President Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia and former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed STORYLINE: The United Nations in Somalia on Monday congratulated the newly-elected Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and welcomed the successful conclusion of the country's presidential election. James Swan, the UN Secretary-General's special representative for Somalia, said the electoral process had been a long one, as well as actively competitive and that focusing on domestic and state-building priorities should now become the focus of attention. "There have been some difficult moments in this lengthy election," Swan said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, after the Sunday evening vote. He said the voting process demonstrated that it was a genuine horse race, it was a competit