News archive of October 2014

BELGRADE - Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Iraqi Ambassador Falah Abdulhasan Abdulsad agreed on Friday that the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries were a good foundation for the development and improvement of the two nations' overall cooperation.

The peace process appears to be near collapse as the government has reportedly decided to freeze dialogue with the related parties following consecutive attacks on members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK).

BAKU - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic, who is on a working visit to Azerbaijan, met with members of the organizing committee of the First European Games, set to take place in Baku next year.

Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 Simon Clegg informed Udovicic about the progress of the preparations for the first continental games in the Olympic tradition.

EU membership "key foreign policy priority"

BRATISLAVA -- Full EU membership is the key foreign policy priority for Serbia, and the vision of a common European future is a vision shared by all the Western Balkans.

This is according to Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić who spoke in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Friday.

Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly, Rovana Plumb, vice president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), told a press conference on Friday in Alba Iulia (north-west of Bucharest) that the minimum salary will amount to 1,200 lei (about 285 euros) in 2016.

The Egyptian government’s move to not renew its trade deal with Turkey was expected and will not hurt Turkey’s exports, and the decreasing trend in Turkey’s exports to Iraq will end soon, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said on Oct. 31.

The Egyptian government’s expected move to not to renew its trade deal with Turkey will not hurt Turkey’s exports, and the decreasing trend in Turkey’s exports to Iraq will end soon, said Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci on Oct. 31.

Macedonia's Transport Minister Mile Janakieski expects the Bulgaria-Macedonia rail line to start functioning in 2022.

The transport ministers of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania participated Friday in a conference held in Sofia.

A few months ago the Turkish government offended the feline world by suggesting a cat was responsible for electrical blackouts during the vote counting process after the March local polls.

A few months ago the Turkish government made a fuss offending the feline world for showing them responsible of blackouts during the vote counting process after the local polls.