News archive of September 2014

Downgrading Turkey’s note ‘would be wrong’

The reassessment of Turkey’s credit rating would be a fair thing to do in light of the country's economic resilience against many challenging factors, the finance minister says

Commission: Unblock law practice in Serbia

BELGRADE - The Commission for implementation of the National Judicial Reform Strategy for the period 2013-2018 called on lawyers on Monday to end their strike and return to courtrooms because that is the only way to ensure protection for human rights and civil freedoms.

Elections for minority councils pass in line with law

BELGRADE - Kori Udovicki, Serbia's deputy prime minister and minister of public administration and local self-government, talked with Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia Peter Burkhard on Monday about the forthcoming elections for national minority councils (NMCs).

Four Balkan States Agree to Reduce Roaming Fees to EU Level

Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia have agreed on a gradual decrease of roaming charges for mobile communications.

The four countries will also demand from Brussels to consider changes to roaming prices for their citizens visiting the union, BGNES wire service quotes Serbia's Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic as saying.

Five Caspian countries meet in Russia

The five countries bordering the Caspian Sea have met for a summit in the Russian city of Astrakhan, with efforts to close a deal on the distribution of the sea’s vast energy reserves and joint military actions on their agenda.

Hittite tablet to be deciphered with 3D

A tablet found on a rock during excavations in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite civilization in the central Anatolian province of Çorum, will be deciphered with a 3D scanning system

Court Halts 'Lost Files' Trial Against Bulgarian ex-Socialist Leader

Former socialist party leader and current MEP Sergey Stanishev will not be tried over the seven secret documents he allegedly lost while he was Prime Minister, magistrates say.

The reason is that Stanishev enjoys immunity as member of the European Parliament.

Increase in number of male trafficking victims

BELGRADE - Sexual exploitation was the most common form of human trafficking in Serbia last year, and most victims were female, Director of the Center for Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking Sanja Kljajic said Monday, noting that the number of male trafficking victims is on the rise.

Move to Ban Gay Unions Alarms Macedonia NGOs

Macedonia's latest addition to the constitutional amendment on marriage, enacted in summer, is worse than the original proposal as even non-marital unions are now limited to unions of one man and one woman, NGO representatives told parliament on Monday.

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