News archive of September 2014

The Romanian academic community grieves over the death of Timisoara and Caransebes Archbishop and Banat (western Romania) Metropolitan Nicolae Corneanu, 'a bright mark of spiritual life.'

Turkey has moved to clamp down on protesters, control the media and Internet and weaken the rule of law, Human Rights Watch has said.

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Pre-trial proceedings have been opened over the printing fake ballot papers on the territory of Haskovo, according to reports of Ilona Krastenyakova from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation.

The report was presented during a sitting of the Civil Board for Fair Elections at the prime minister's office on Monday.

The mother of an American worker suspected of beheading one of several colleagues he had tried to convert to Islam has broken her silence, apologized in a video posted online.

BEIJING - Serbia's tennis player Jelena Jankovic did not make it to the second round of the WTA tournament in Beijing as she was bested by Alize Cornet of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 on Monday.

This was the first win of the French player in their head-to-heads (1-3).

Earlier on Monday, Serbia's Ana Ivanovic breezed past Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1 in only 72 minutes.

In September the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) decreased in both the euro area (by 0.7 points to 99.9) and the EU (by 1.0 point to 103.6).

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A company building a hydroelectric power plant (HES) in Zonguldak has threatened local villagers who launched legal action to halt the construction works with seeking millions of Turkish Lira-worth of damages

Ali Babacan has told a World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Istanbul that Turkey sees the importance of 'networks for solidarity and cooperation' across the Middle East and North Africa

Several hundred people gathered on Sunday in front of the national broadcaster B92 in Belgrade to protest against the station's decision to scrap the flagship political debate show, Utisak Nedelje.

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The telecommunications ministers of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia signed an agreement in the Montenegrin town of Budva on Monday to limit sky-high roaming charges in the region by reducing the fees in phases over the next three years.