News archive of September 2014

B92 targeted due to advocacy efforts

BELGRADE -- B92 - its media company has been targeted by pressure and attacks for years due to its advocacy of respect of diversity and human rights.

The UN-backed tribunal for Rwanda on Monday upheld the life sentences for two former heads of the ex-ruling party for genocide crimes committed in 1994.

Russia will continue its $22 billion nuclear energy investments in Turkey, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said.

Arab countries of the Persian Gulf is planning to ramp up emegrency power network capacity by 2019 and looking to link the grid to Egypt and Turkey.

'Dombra' was adapted into a eulogy for Erdoğan by singer Uğur Işılak

The post office (ELTA) issued a statement on Monday saying that 59 of its outlets would stay open later than usual on Monday and Tuesday to allow taxpayers to pay the first instalment of the unified property tax (ENFIA).

There were long queues at banks and post offices on Monday as Greeks sought to beat the September 30 deadline for the first ENFIA tranche.

Bulgaria's next Parliament is likely to consist of 7-8 parties or coalitions, according to a poll of the Institute of Modern Politics (IMP).

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Serbia reopened its investigation into the Batajnica police training centre, where hundreds of bodies of Kosovo Albanians were found buried, searching for another mass grave at the site.

The government is planning on tabling an extraordinary two-year plan to deal with businesses’ non-performing loans (NPLs), Development Ministry sources said on Monday.

Greece plans to present the scheme to the troika, which is due to begin its review on Tuesday. It was the subject of a discussion between Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis and Development Minister Nikos Dendias.

Turkish film 'Kelebeğin Rüyası' (The Butterfly’s Dream), written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, won the best film music award at the Moondance International Film Festival in Colorado