News archive of July 2014

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev will hold consultations with future caretaker government ministers, Thursday.

WASHINGTON - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski reached the quarter-finals of the Washington WTA tournament early Thursday by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Jovanovski will face Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, who beat Shelby Rogers of the United States 6-3, 6-4.

Rescue workers dug through deep mud and debris on July 31 in search of victims of a major landslide in western India that buried homes, with the death toll expected to reach 150.

BELGRADE, - The companies Serbian Railways and Energoprojekt Holding have signed a contract to resume construction works on the railway station in downtown Belgrade, which is financed from the Kuwaiti loan of nearly EUR 26 million.

Kosovo office chief meets with liaison officer

PRIŠTINA -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Đurić on Wednesday conferred with Belgrade's liaison officer in Priština Dejan Pavićević.

They met in Priština and talked about "projects of mutual interest for Serb and Albanian communities in the province," reported Tanjug.

Businessman Beko to take over as head of Serbian Railways

BELGRADE -- Businessman Milan Beko has said that he accepted the offer of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić to take over as director of Serbian Railways.

The newspaper Blic published on Thursday that Beko will next week be appointed as acting general manager of the public company.

Nebojsa Ciric is likely to become Serbia's new Economy Minister, Balkan Insight has learned from a source in the ruling Progressive Party.

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Born in 1974 in the eastern town of Bor, he moved to Belgrade to go to mathematical high school. In 1996, he finished studies at the London School of Economics, LSE.

The army will continue working to destroy tunnels used by Gaza militants for cross-border attacks with or without a ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 31.

Israel mobilised 16,000 additional reservists on July 31 to bolster its forces waging military operations in the Gaza Strip that left more than 100 Palestinians dead in a day.

The members of the Reformist Liberal Party (PLR) will hold their first congress on Aug. 1-2 at Parliament Palace to elect the leadership of the party.

The first day of the PLR Congress will be devoted to debates on resolutions to be presented within the event; on Saturday, the participants will elect the party chairman and other senior officials.