News archive of March 2014

BELGRADE - The Spanish National Ballet arrived in Belgrade where it will for the first time stage a spectacular flamenco show on Friday evening.

Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation starts work

BELGRADE -- The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation, named after the journalist and publisher who was shot and killed in April 1999 in Belgrade, will be launched on Friday.

Gen. Todor Kodzheykov, Bulgaria's outgoing chief of the National Security Service, is to work for South Stream Bulgaria.

Gen. Kodzheykov will reportedly head the security department at the company, according to Bulgarian newspaper Presa, which cites MPs from the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party as well as from its partner Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

By Martin Santa

Optimism in the eurozone's economy brightened more than expected in March, as European consumer confidence showed its strongest monthly jump in nearly five years.

VIENNA - The ties between Austria and Serbia are better than ever and can only be expected to become stronger, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic has said.

"In many areas our cooperation has been exemplary," Mrkic told Tanjug on Thursday after a Serbian delegation headed by President Tomislav Nikolic ended the first day of its official visit to Vienna.

Power distributor EVN declared it will not make any payments to Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEK) on Friday.

Yanukovych: Each region of Ukraine should hold referendum

Ukraine's deposed President Viktor Yanukovych, who is now in Russia, on Friday sent a message to the Ukrainian people.

He called for referendums on the status of each region within Ukraine, ITAR-TASS has reported.

An anti-terrorist police spokesperson called on football hooligans to “fight” Belgrade peace group Women in Black after they commemorated war crimes by Serbs against Kosovo Albanians.

More than 6 million euros will be distributed to the residents of Cephalonia, the Ionian island that suffered significant damage in a large earthquake in January, the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies (HAIC) said on Friday.

The Southern Gas Corridor is an important step towards energy diversification in the entire southeastern European region, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.