News archive of November 2014

Romanian woman athlete Andreea Aanei, with Olimpia Bucharest Sports Club, on Saturday won three silver medals in the European Junior and Under 23 Weightlifting Championship of Limassol, Cyprus, in the U23 +75 kg bodyweight category.

BELGRADE - Red Star basketball player Boban Marjanovic was declared the most valuable player and best jumper in the Euroleague championship so far.

Turkish authorities will no longer be allowed to let citizens kiss their hands, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has ordered, in response to criticism of Turkey's nationalist opposition, but violated his own instruction soon afterward.

PARACIN - Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia Michael Davenport delivered the contracts and keys to newly-built houses to families in Paracin whose homes were damaged in the May floods and the construction of which will be completed by the end of December thanks to EU funds.

The revenues and expenses of the general consolidated budget go up some 1.32 billion lei in the balance and the general consolidated budget deficit will be kept as nominal value at 14.713 billion and as share in the gross domestic product (GDP), at 2.2 per cent, according to the emergency ordinance draft setting the legal framework for the third budget revision for 2014.

Bulgaria's budget deficit as of October reached BGN 1.76 B, said the Finance Ministry.

For comparison, in September it was BGN 1.47 B.

The Finance Ministry data shows that the vast part of the deficit is formed by a shortage in EU funds - a total of BGN 1.066 B.

The budget revenue was BGN 24.021 B, the expenditure was BGN 25.78 B. The fiscal reserve was BGN 8.7 B.

A code yellow warning for snow and ice in northern Bulgaria on Sunday has been issued.

According to the weather forecast of the National Meteorology Institute, the snow cover will reach 10 cm. The warning is valid for the regions of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Lovech, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Targovishte, Razgrad, Silistra, Shumen, Varna and Dobrich.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic stated on Saturday that Germany is not conditioning Serbia and that is just has a different approach to the Serbia-EU talks, and expressed the hope that a good solution would soon be found and that the first chapter in the talks would open soon.

Radan Kanev, spokesperson of the Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition and chairperson of Democrats For Strong Bulgaria (DSB) called for unification of the coalition in a single national structure.

BELGRADE - French Ambassador in Belgrade Christine Moro said that her country truly wishes one chapter in Serbia's EU accession talks to open by the end of the year.

In an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Danas, Moro said that the true topic lies in the reforms that need to be implemented so as to ensure successful EU accession.