News archive of September 2014

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic stated on Monday that the Serbian government is investing efforts in order to achieve macroeconomic stability, improve business conditions and enhance the investment climate.

A 19-year-old Australian tourist who was injured during a shootout between police and fugitive terrorist Nikos Maziotis in central Athens in July is suing the Greek state for failing to provide him with proper medical treatment.

More than 1,000 antique coins and dozens of weapons have been seized during a raid on a residence in Imathia, northern Greece, police said Monday.

During the raid in the village of Alexandria, police found 1,061 copper coins, the majority of which have been identified by experts as dating from the 3rd-1st century BC, the Byzantine period and the Ottoman Empire.

The Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) has proposed that the government invite experts from the EU Commission to for a new assessment of the troubled energy sector.

By George Georgakopoulos

The government announced on Monday the suspension of all team sports events in Greece scheduled for next weekend, October 4 and 5, in the memory of the Ethnikos Piraeus fan who died a few hours earlier, having been attacked in mid-September by hooligans in a third-division soccer game.

BELGRADE- Head of Serbia's negotiating team in accession talks with the EU Tanja Miscevic met on Monday with a delegation of the German federal state Baden-Wuerttemberg, and stressed that Serbian government is committed to the reforms and that its aim is not EU membership alone, but a stable Serbia with strong institutions.

BELGRADE- The Serbian government adopted a decision on Monday according to which the Crkvine locality in Stubline, Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac, should be granted the status of an archaeological site, the Belgrade City Museum released.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met on Monday with Peter Friedrich, Baden-Wuerttemberg's Minister for Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs, who is heading the delegation of this German federal state in the 3rd session of the Serbia - Baden-Wuerttemberg Joint Commission, which started in Belgrade on Monday.

BELGRADE- When it comes to travel costs, Belgrade is the most inexpensive big city in Europe, showed the latest survey conducted by German automobile club ADAC as part of the European cooperation program "Euro-test".

Belgrade tops the list compiled by ADAC, with the "most inexpensive" tag, as daily travel costs in the Serbian capital amount to around EUR 41, reports Deutsche Welle.

Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov managed to secure a hard victory against Spain's Fernando Verdasco in his first encounter at China Open in Beijing.

Dimitrov won the match that lasted 1 h 36 min and ended 6:1, 3:6, 6:3.

After an easy first set for Dimitrov, Verdasco posed a tough challenge to the Bulgarian, who lost the second one.