News archive of September 2014

Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on three fronts in northern Iraq on Sept. 30

Police have detained 23 people in an operation launched against members of the Istanbul Fire Department

Bulgaria's producer price index saw a decrease by 0.1% in August compared to the previous month, according to the country's National Statistical Institute, NSI.

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The subway train went off the rails before an iron bar smashed through the glass of a carriage

BELGRADE - The 4th Belgrade Security Forum, titled Europe 2014: Closure and/or New Beginning, to be attended by many politicians and foreign policy and security experts, began on Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Belgrade.

The European Commission is providing EUR 165 M under a new scheme to help fruit and vegetable producers hurt by the Russian ban on EU agricultural imports.

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The Constitutional Court of Spain has stopped the referendum on independence the province of Catalonia is planning to hold November 9.

Twelve magistrates made their ruling unanimously, during a session that lasted just about an hour, daily El Pais reports.

Their decision nullifies resolutions of Catalonia's Parliament which set the referendum date earlier in mid-September.

BEIJING - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is through to the second round of the ATP tournament in Beijing after beating Spaniard Guillermo García-Lopez 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday.

Djokovic performed outstandingly at the start of the Beijing tournament with a total of 15-4 winners.

In the second round, Djokovic will take on Canada's Vasek Pospisil, who outlasted Czech Lucas Rosol 6-3, 6-4.

A total of BGN 7,93M was stolen in Bulgaria last year as a result of credit card frauds, namely skimming, according to data provided by financial analysts, cited by 24 Chasa Daily.

The number of bank cards in 2013 was 8,259,629, or an average of one card per person.

BELGRADE - The Serbian ministers of interior and justice, Nebojsa Stefanovic and Nikola Selakovic have signed with US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby a Serbia-US agreement on cooperation in drug control and law enforcement to improve the work of the judiciary and the police in the fight against organised crime.