News archive of March 2014

EU's EULEX mission in Kosovo will be extended by two years, despite resistance by the country's officials.

Cécilia Attias, ex-wife of former French President Sarkozy, met Thursday in Sofia with the Bulgarian medics who spent 8 years in prison in Libya over a HIV trial.

Cecilia Attias, then-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, had a major contribution to the release of the medics.

Ranko Krivokapic, the speaker of parliament, on Wednesday said parliament will not re-open a probe into the controversial privatization of the telecommunications company Montenegrin Telekom.

Krivokapic said parliament had already done its job by "moving the authorities to start to work on this case. Now the prosecution should do its job".

BELGRADE - In a new summer offer, the Tourist Organization of Belgrade (TOB) prepared various events that will mark the centenary of the beginning of World War I, TOB Director Gordana Plamenac announced on Thursday.

Investigators have discovered a mass grave that could contain the bodies of almost 150 murdered Bosniaks in the village of Oborci near the central Bosnian town of Donji Vakuf.

All 316 employees of the thermal power station in Bulgaria's city of Varna are going out on strike.

They are demanding an end to the uncertainty surrounding the plant in Bulgaria's Black Sea city, which faces a potential shutdown and is currently now producing electricity, Bulgarian TV channel bTV has reported.

Authorities are investigating whether the murder of a prison guard by an inmate at Malandrino Prison, central Greece, on Tuesday is part of an alleged effort to increase tension at the country’s jails, where the situation is “explosive,” according to a Justice Ministry official who spoke to Kathimerini.

The international markets have learned to show their trust through the way they invest their money. When they have confidence in the abilities and prospects of a certain country, they invest in it. When they smell risk, however, they tend to run away.

 Trial bond issue will likely come after the European elections, while needs are covered up to May 2015

By Sotiris Nikas

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The government is just one step away from selling the company that will develop and operate the old Athens airport site at Elliniko, as Lamda Development tabled on Wednesday an improved offer of 915 million euros in nominal value for Elliniko SA to state privatization fund TAIPED.