News archive of November 2014

Bulgarian police has beefed up security measures relating to the upcoming repayment of state-guaranteed deposits with the collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Sunday extended warm greetings to all the Romanians from abroad on the Day of Romanians from Everywhere, saying this is a special day for every Romanian, regardless of his/her whereabouts.

Minister of National Education Remus Pricopie is attending the works of the 15th Francophonie Summit in Dakar, Senegal over Nov. 29-30, the Education Ministry reports in a release on Sunday.

Palestinian National Economy Minister Mohamed Mustafa has said the Israeli authorities have officially rejected the proposal of having a Turkish floating power-generating ship near the Gaza Strip coast to help solve the electricity crisis in the embattled enclave.

BELGRADE - Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Jorgovanka Tabakovic stated on Sunday that NBS is investing efforts to ensure stability of the dinar and added that the central bank is using a set of measures to minimise the drop of the national currency.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected head of the opposition UMP party - a victory that is expected to bolster his hopes for running for president again.

The election of Sarkozy at the top position of the conservative UMP is positioning him as front-runner for the nomination of the party for the presidential elections in 2017.

An arson attack targeting first-grade classrooms at a Jewish-Arab school sparked a wave of condemnation Nov. 30, as months of racial tensions in Jerusalem showed little sign of abating.
      

Turkey's Constitutional Court is considering applications that call for lifting the 10 percent threshold in the Turkish election system, according to Constitutional Court head Haşim Kılıç.

The court is working on applications and will make a decision in two or three weeks, Kılıç was quoted as saying by daily Habertürk on Nov. 30.

Former Environment and Urbanization Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar has defended himself against the graft probe allegations that led to his resignation from the ministry post, while also saying the new allegations against him in the inquiry commission were baseless.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar will be lower by 0.1 percent on Monday, and the official middle exchange rate will total RSD 120.6223, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) released.

The Serbian currency will drop to its record low although NBS sold EUR 10 million to slow down the drop of the national currency.