News archive of September 2014

Less than 5% of natural gas consumption in Bulgaria is provided through domestic production, according to data of state-owned gas company Bulgargaz for H1, 2014.

Bulgargaz informs that local supply amounted to only 64 million cubic meters in the first six months of the year, down by around 1/3 compares to the level in H1, 2013.

Six people were killed on Aug. 31 when an explosion ripped through an apartment building outside Paris, reducing half a residential block to rubble, emergency services said.

UNSC backs war crimes court for Kosovo

NEW YORK -- A UN Security Council meeting to present UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s regular quarterly report on the situation in Kosovo was held late on Friday.

An agreement was reached that a special court for war crimes committed in KiM should be set up as soon as possible, Tanjug reported.

Warrants for arrest of Serb leaders in north

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Acting EULEX Chief Joelle Vachter said Sunday that warrants have been issued for the arrest of Zubin Potok Mayor Stevan Vulović and former Mayor Slaviša Ristić.

By Alexis Papachelas

I fully understand the country’s need for political stability, a necessity which makes the election of a president by the current Parliament absolutely imperative.

There can be no growth without resolving the issue of nonperforming business loans. However, the solution to this problem should not be based on old establishment criteria, such as political and other connections. The economy – in other words the market’s sustainable and healthy company sector – is in desperate need of oxygen.

Serbia "will know how to protect people, territory"

"Serbia will know how to protect its people and territory," Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić stated on Sunday during a visit to the Merdare base.

They figured it would be simple, that they would just beat up on Turkey like they did Finland a night earlier. Instead, the Americans were the ones on the ropes for nearly three quarters.

The first team of taxi drivers paramedics will cruise the streets of Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia as of September 1, Monday.

So far, the program includes 15 fully equipped vehicles which can be used for the provision of medical assistance in case of car crashes and other accidents, Bulgarian National Radio informed.

Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia and Turkey have agreed to sign an agreement to scrap sky-high roaming charges in the region on September 29, Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Communications has confirmed.