News archive of July 2014

Italy's Ambassador to Romania, Diego Brasioli on Wednesday revealed the priorities of Italy's Presidency of the EU Council, also saying the relations of the two states are "unique" and that there are no other states in Europe closer to one another as Romania and Italy.

The “Monty Python Live (Mostly)” reunion show will be screened in the Sofia Dom na Kinoto cinema and on a screen in the Maimunarnika club, reports Cinefish.bg.

A prominent deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has blamed the “German deep state” for the Sivas massacre, one of the worst cases civil pogroms in Turkey’s recent history that claimed 35 victims, including many Alevi intellectuals.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will, together with Ambassadors of African countries, deliver humanitarian aid to citizens of Obrenovac and Kraljevo on Thursday.

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has said his country is interested in boosting ties with Bulgaria on an equal footing.

NIS - Norwegian Ambassador in Serbia Nils Ragnar Kamsvag in Nis on Wednesday that his country sent around EUR 2.5 million worth of assistance over the course of 12 years.

In the talks with Nis Mayor Zoran Perisic, the Norwegian ambassador said that his country's main focus in the time to come would cover the high unemployment rate in Serbia.

More and more Bulgarian tourists choose the Serbian capital Belgrade for short holidays or the so-called city breaks.

For the first five months of 2014 the number of Bulgarians, who have traveled to the Serbian capital, increased by 60 percent on an annual basis, said Miodrag Popovic, Director of the Tourist Organization of Belgrade, as quoted by Dnevnik.

The atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) found in a cattle carcass in Romania does not threat public health; veterinary authorities nevertheless took all the necessary measures, just like in case of classic contagious diseases, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) President Vladimir Manastireanu told AGER

British artist Tracey Emin's controversial 'My Bed' sold for $3.8 million (2.8 million euro), almost double its guide price, at an auction in London on Tuesday.
      

BELGRADE - The Serbian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday extended the deepest condolences to the families of the slain Israeli teenagers Naftali Frenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach.