News archive of November 2014

Ankara and Athens are of the same mind about the importance of Cypriot negotiations' continuing, Turkish and Greek top diplomats say, though they maintain their opposing views for a solution of the ongoing gas dispute.

BELGRADE - The Serbian budget recorded a surplus of RSD 268.5 million in October, the Finance Ministry released.

This is the second time this year that the budget recorded a surplus, and the first budget surplus worth RSD 6.86 billion was achieved in July.

President-elect Klaus Iohannis said in a message on the Day of Romanians from Everywhere that the Romanians outside the borders had the strength and skill to prove by voting that Romania has a big chance, pointing out this "is an eloquent proof of how a nation retrieves its people".

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to hunt down those behind "heinous" attacks that killed at least 120 at the mosque of an Islamic leader who issued a call to arms against Boko Haram.
      

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will pay an official visit to Belarus on November 30 and December 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Belarus, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Sunday.

The National Meteorology Administration (ANM) on Sunday issued Code Yellow alerts of blizzard, snowfall and sleet for 28 counties, Bucharest included in place starting 10 p.m. on Sunday till Tuesday at the same hour.

Switzerland is holding a controversial referendum on Sunday to decide whether to cut immigration by about 75%.

According to supporters, the move would help protect the environment by reducing the need for new transport links and new housing.

President Traian Basescu sent a message on Sunday, the Day of Saint Andrew, celebrated by the Romanian Orthodox Church on Nov. 30, the Presidential Administration informs.

Pope Francis on Nov. 30 issued a strong pledge of support for the embattled Christians of the Middle East and urged an end to the millenium-old schism between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as he wrapped up his first visit to Turkey.
      
The trip of the pope to Istanbul has been marked by attempts to reach out both to Muslims and other Christian confessions.

Pope Francis wrapped up his three-day visit to Turkey on Nov. 30 with a liturgy alongside the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and a meeting with young refugees who have fled Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones.