News archive of July 2015

The two countries have stepped up joint efforts this week to stop Albanian migrants heading for Germany after more than 20,000 arrived over the past few months.

On Wednesday, about 70 asylum-seekers from Albania landed at Tirana International Airport after being deported from Germany.

A planned salaries and pensions hike will not be symbolic, but will also not jeopardize the path of reforms, says Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic.

Vujovic told B92 on Thursday that Serbia is now, thanks to savings, in a position to "bring back" salaries and pensions, and not only to the previous level, "but to a much higher level in the coming years."

Turkey?s wild fish count has significantly fallen over the past 10 years by around 30 percent for a large number of fish species across Turkish waters, with at least one species of fish in danger of extinction.

According to Financial Times online, the IMF’s board was told it cannot participate in the new Greek bailout plan due to the country’s high debt per GDP ratio. This development raises concerns whether the Fund will join the EU’s recent (third) rescue plan for Greece.

Although the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is continuing talks with the social democrat Republican People's Party (CHP) for a coalition government, AKP leader Ahmet Davuto?lu revealed that they were also in close contact with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). 

Kosovo will not be able to take part in the qualifications for the FIFA World Cup that will be held in Russia in 2018.

This has been stated by Vyacheslav Koloskov, honorary president of the Russian Football Association and former FIFA vice-president.

The Kosovo government announced on Thursday that it is ready to call another vote on the controversial special court after it failed to gain approval in parliament last month because of opposition from many MPs.

The European Commission has decided to extend by a year the safety net measures for the European agricultural producers affected by the Russian ban on food imports from the European Union.

The EU Commission said in a statement it is finalising the last details with a view to formally adopting the relevant legal decisions in the coming weeks.

Boko Haram Islamists slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a leading fisherman and a resident said July 30.

Haradinaj, a Kosovo MP who is on the parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, said on Wednesday that the border with Montenegro set by the 1974 Yugoslav constitution should be officially agreed between the two countries.