News archive of October 2014

The U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, is working on a formula for the sharing of income from the island’s natural resources, a Turkish diplomat has told the Hürriyet Daily News, referring to a recent meeting between Eide and Turkish politicians in Ankara on Oct. 28.

An announcement regarding the new defense minister replacing recently appointed European commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (photo) could be made on Friday, Kathimerini understands.

Austria will support Bulgaria in its commitment to reform, the country's President Heinz Fischer made clear on Friday while meeting caretaker PM Georgi Bliznashki.

Austria's head of state arrived in Bulgaria on Thursday to mark the 135th anniversary since the two countries established diplomatic relations.

An international consortium has proposed to Bulgarian authorities to invest BGN 2.3B in troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB), carateker Finance Minister Rumen Porozhanov said on Friday.

Vučić thanked for "support in battle against ISIL"

BELGRADE -- U.S. President Barack Obama has thanked Aleksandar Vučić "for Serbia's support to the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."

This is what U.S.State Secretary John Kerry informed Vučić on Thursday, said a statement.

Many Roma issued documents, "some still legally invisible"

BELGRADE -- Over the past seven years Serbia issued 107,000 personal identification documents to Roma citizens, but some are still "legally invisible."

This was heard during a meeting in Belgrade dedicated to the problems faced by this minority.

Calin Popescu Tariceanu, independent candidate in the presidential elections backed by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), on Thursday evening said that President Traian Basescu's manner of behaviour led to a damaging of the citizens' perception of institutions.

Bulgaria has regressed in the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention  enforcement, a new report by Transparency International has shown.

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By Lucy Meakin

Germany’s government bonds fell before a report economists said will show the euro-area inflation rate stayed near a five-year low this month.

The Montenegrin capital will host its second Gay Pride parade this Sunday, in spite of the violent attacks on activists that marred the first-ever parade in the country last year.

Gay activists will walk the same route as last year, after police estimated that the 1,400-foot-long trail in the centre of Podgorica was easiest to secure.