News archive of February 2015

STOCKHOLM - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic presented the government's program of economic and legal reforms to representatives of major Swedish companies on Monday.

Vucic sought suggestions and advice from Swedish entrepreneurs on the way in which Serbia can improve its investment conditions so as to attract more foreign investors, reports Radio and Television of Serbia.

A young couple, who escaped from the southern province of Mardin to start a new life in Istanbul, was stabbed Feb. 1 at a main bus terminal in the city, probably by kin of the 19-year-old female victim. The woman was injured while the 25-year-old man, also her sister's husband, lost his life.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Greece's new government was still working out plans on tackling its debt and declined to comment on an apparent softening of Athens' stance on a debt writedown and proposals for a new debt swap.

Regarding differences and diversity as a potential threat to the Turkish state will make expanding freedoms in the country well-nigh impossible, the head of the Constitutional Court Ha?im K?l?ç has warned.

Head of the Constitutional Court Ha?im K?l?ç has warned that regarding differences and diversity as a potential danger against the state will make expanding freedoms in Turkey impossible.

Syrian Kurdish militias, who drove out Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants from the center of Kobane after 134 days of battle, are launching operations into the villages surrounding the Syrian border town in a bid to clear the last frontiers of the battle from the Islamists.

Bulgaria's The Lesson won the prestigious Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the renowned Göteborg Film Festival. Local cinema lovers will also have the opportunity to see it as a part of the Sofia International Film Festival.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on Monday that there are no deeper misunderstandings between Serbia and the European Union (EU).

The foreign currencies reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR, the central bank) stood at 30.6 billion euros on January 31, down 1.6 billion from 32.2 billion euros at end-December, according to data released on Monday by BNR. The outflow included payments to the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

LONDON - World number one Novak Djokovic has cemented the top spot in the ATP ladder, doubling the gap between him and second-placed Roger Federer following his fifth Australian Open title on Sunday.

Djokovic now has 13,045 points, 3,800 more than Federer, who lost points after not reaching the semifinals, dumped out by Italy's Andreas Seppi in the third round.