News archive of July 2014

In an open letter to the public, the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) – Bulgaria urged the society not to trust dubious media sources.

It was published on the organisation's website:

"Dear compatriots, 

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has announced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as its presidential candidate, with an official logo bearing striking resemblance to that used in U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has elected German center-left politician Martin Schulz as the assembly's president.

Schulz, who also served as president of the Parliament from 2012 until earlier this year, was re-elected Tuesday with a majority of 409 votes of the 723 ballots cast.

Ukraine's President Poroshenko announced the end of the ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists fighting in the eastern part of the country.

Serbian parliamentarian reelected to OSCE role

BELGRADE -- Serbian Parliament Deputy Speaker Gordana Ćomić has been elected rapporteur of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

This is the second time that she has been elected to that office.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic welcomed his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who heads the Hungarian delegation, with full state and military honors at the Palace of Serbia on Tuesday.

The European Commission on Tuesday approved a subsidy of 34 million euros for an ongoing project to extend the Athens tram from central Syntagma Square to the port city of Piraeus.

German Social-Democrat Martin Schulz was elected on Tuesday to head the European Parliament in the first session since elections in May.
      
Schulz, outgoing president of the last European Parliament, won 409 votes for and 314 against or blank ballots, in a session that was marred by eurosceptic opposition.
      

The 'Vladeasa' Recon Battalion no. 317 has earned tens of national and international medals for the missions it carried out in its 45 years of activity in the elite of the Romanian Army, an anniversary occasion marked these days.

LEPOSAVIC – The Kosovo police banned Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric from entering the territory of the province at the Jarinje crossing Tuesday.

Djuric said that it was a flagrant violation of the agreement on freedom of movement and of all the principles that had been agreed in relation to the matter.