News archive of May 2018

Demolition works at Istanbul’s iconic Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), which will be replaced with a cultural complex that will include an opera house, an exhibition center and other facilities, were completed on May 30 following a three-and-a-half-month period. (Photos: Nazlı Sanberk)

Dacic in this way commented on RS President Milorad Dodik's statement that the RS and Serbia will become united.

Serbia, the minister continued, "respects the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina and, of course, has special ties with the RS."

Over 675,000 children's items, including toys, clothes and other goods intended for children, have been detained by customs officers over the past 18 months. In 68% of the objects, the ground for detention is a violation of the legal framework relating to the protection of intellectual property rights.

Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for Syria, met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on May 31, in the second visit of the special envoy to Turkey within one week.

Bulgaria and Vanuatu will establish diplomatic relations - this was agreed in Lomé, Togo, the foreign ministers of the two countries Ekaterina Zaharieva and Ralph Regenvanu, the press center of the MFA announced.

The outsourcing industry in Bulgaria is developing at a steady pace - from 2016 compared to 2017 it had encreased almost double and the same is expected in 2018 compared to 2017. This was said by Ivaylo Slavov, a newly elected chairman of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association and CEO of Bulropes.

The Constitutional Court has rejected the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) appeal for the cancellation of the legislative package that stipulates changes in Turkey's electoral laws, an amendment that the CHP says casts a shadow over election security.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has informed EU diplomats about the talks he made during his recent visits abroad, the press service of the cabinet said.

Borisov had a meeting with the Permanent Representatives of the governments of the EU member states, where he said that:

Investor Warren Buffett was in a hurry to invest the $ 3 billion colossal amount in Uber, but the negotiations on the deal failed.

Buffett himself confirmed to CNBC that earlier this year he was discussing the investment with the Uber CEO Dara Kosroushahi, who was in the process of rebranding the company.