Austria

In June 2014, the number of trips of Bulgarians abroad was 411.1thousand or by 7.3% above the registered in June 2013, the National Statistical Institute reports.

Advent International and a Bulgarian-Russian consortium headed by businessman Denis Barekov are reportedly the key bidders for nationalized Austrian bank Hypo Alpe Adria.

The bank, which Austria nationalized in 2009 to prevent its collapse, is to sell its Balkan network by mid-2015 at the behest of the EU Commission.

Austrian ambassador: No more wars, we want unity

BELGRADE -- 100 years after Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia, Austrian Ambassador Johannes Eigner says it was "written so it could not be accepted."

"There are, however, other interpretations," Eigner said for the Thursday edition of Belgrade-based daily Blic, and continued:

"Serbia has no right to renounce past, looks to future"

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vučić and Austrian Ambassador Johannes Eigner planted on Wednesday "a plum tree of peace" in the garden of the Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Austrian Ambassador to Serbia Johannes Eigner planted on Wednesday a plum tree of peace in the yard of the Archdiocese of Belgrade, the former seat of Austria-Hungary's diplomatic mission in Belgrade, thus marking 100 years since Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Wednesday that nobody can talk with Serbia in a language of ultimatums, nor would he himself allow anything of the sort.

Bulgaria is seeking to regulate transport connections with Kosovo through a new Agreement on International Road Transport of Passengers and Cargo.

Bulgaria's Transport Ministry believes that it is necessary to facilitate the creation of a regulatory framework applicable to the bilateral relations with Kosovo in the sphere.

PM denies there's "language of ultimatums"

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić said on Wednesday that "no one speaks the language of ultimatums to Serbia today - nor would he personally allow something of the kind."

VIENNA - Serbia's General Police Director Milorad Veljovic was decorated on Monday with the medal of the Republic of Austria for the promotion of police cooperation.

The Grand Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria was presented to Veljovic on behalf of Austrian President Heinz Fischer by Konrad Kogler, Director-General for Public Security of Austria.

GSTAAD - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki qualified for the Swiss Open second round in Gstaad as he defeated Austria's Dominic Thiem in the Monday match, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Troicki made a successful comeback to completion routines after a one-year suspension pronounced in July 2013 for violation of anti-doping regulations.