News archive of March 2015

BELGRADE - Industrial production in Serbia dropped by 3.3 percent in February this year compared to the same month last year, and 6.4 percent compared to the 2014 average, the national bureau of statistics said on Tuesday.

EU prospect "cure for Balkans"; Serbia "against" Kosovo army

BELGRADE -- Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday that the EU prospects are a cure that helps ease tensions in the Western Balkans.

In a counter move against the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP), which over a month ago vowed to give two bonus wages to around 10 million Turkish pensioners, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has also pledged a pension hike as part of its pre-election campaign.

Greece opposes European Union sanctions imposed against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, denouncing the approach

A hostage situation in an Istanbul courthouse has led to another gag order, adding up to a total of over 150 similar rulings issued in the past four years in Turkey.

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hopes his forthcoming visit to Russia will help boost trade and economic links hit by the EU sanctions against Moscow and the Kremlin's ban on food imports from the Union.

Greece doesn't support the sanctions against Russia as they are a "road to nowhere," Tsipras said in an exclusive interview for Russia's TASS news agency published on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has described his presidential system as ?pro-freedom, human-focused and based on the separation of powers,? while refuting claims that a change to the system would bolster one-man rule under Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Turkey.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has described his presidential system as ?pro-freedom, human-focused and based on the separation of powers,? while refuting claims that a change to the system would bolster one-man rule under Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Turkey.

"FAS only major exporter in Serbia"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has no major exporter except Fiat Automobiles Serbia (FAS), Business Info Group said, noting only this company's exports exceed EUR 1 billion annually.

The company has recently been renamed to FCA.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande pressed Greece?s government to come up with an economic plan that its creditors can approve, saying time is short.