News archive of June 2014

The Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria Tom van Oorschot has donated 600 English literature books to the refugees at the Center for Refugees in Vrazhdebna, Sofia on Monday.

By Jana Randow

Mario Draghi’s latest stimulus tool contains a hidden message: If you think interest rates will rise before 2018, take the money now.

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) proposes amendments to the Penal Code envisaging imprisonment for those disseminating misleading information about banks.

The institution has tabled its proposal containing suggested legal changes to Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee headed by liberal lawmaker Yordan Tsonev (DPS), the bank said in a message to the media.

Greek retail sales by volume rose 7.3 percent in April compared to the same month last year, marking the strongest rise in more than two years after a downwardly revised 1.2 percent drop in March, statistics service ELSTAT said on Monday.

Turkey has again extended by two months the deadline for bids for a multi-billion dollar anti-missile defense system tender, despite having provisionally awarded the deal to China, a Turkish official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

By Karolos Grohmann

Greece captain Giorgos Karagounis announced his retirement from an international football career spanning 139 caps over 15 years following his team's World Cup round of 16 exit to Costa Rica on penalties on Sunday.

"This was my last game for Greece,» the 37-year-old told reporters.

Officials from the Croatian and Serbian governments joined a commemoration for people killed by the WWII fascist Ustasha regime at the Jadovno concentration camp near the town of Gospic.

EU membership "won't have impact on ties with Russia"

MOSCOW -- Serbia’s accession to the European Union will have no impact on its friendly relations with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin has said.

Golden Dawn lawmaker Artemis Matthaiopoulos provided a written deposition on Monday as he appeared before the judges investigating the far right party.

According to reports, the MP refused to answer judges’ questions and insisted that Golden Dawn is not a criminal organization.

BELGRADE - The Danube Day campaign, conducted jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection - Republic Directorate for Water and the Coca Cola System, will this year be aimed at raising funds for the flood-affected regions, the organizers announced on Monday.