Austria

European demand for new passenger cars increased for the ninth consecutive month in May, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association showed Tuesday.

Car sales rose 4.5% year-on-year in May, slightly slower than the 4.6% rise posted in April.

The latest U.N. figures show Turkey, China and the Czech Republic joining the list of the world's top exporters of small arms, which is led by the United States.

Turkish hackers have defaced Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz’s website following his “warning” to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his upcoming visit to Vienna.

“I warn Prime Minister Erdoğan explicitly: he should not introduce splits into Austrian society,” Kurz told daily Österreich on June 13.

Bulgaria had the second-lowest tax burden in the EU, Eurostat data has shown.

The country was second only to Lithuania, but had the lowest income levy in within the bloc with its 10-percent flat rate, the Bulgarian National Radio reports citing the European statistical body.

Minister-delegate for Romanians Everywhere Bogdan Stanoevici, is conducting, between June 13-15, an official visit to Austria, where he has already met with representatives of the Romanian community, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release remitted to AGERPRES informs.

SARAJEVO – Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Bakir Izetbegovic says he does not understand the reasoning behind Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s plans not to go to Sarajevo for an event marking 100 years since the outbreak of World War One (WWI) and his stating that he cannot go to a place where someone will accuse his people.

VIENNA - Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz said that the parliamentary elections in Kosovo, which were carried out with almost no problems, constitute another step toward strengthening of democracy and noted that the outcome provides a clear guideline for the continuation of the reconciliation process with Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Legendary singer Tom Jones will perform at Belgrade's Kombank Arena on June 15.

From Financial Times

Bulgaria's prime minister has halted work on a new Russian-led pipeline that would provide a route around Ukraine for Russian gas into Europe, dealing a setback to Kremlin efforts to strengthen its hold on EU energy supplies.

Marking a start to commemorations of the outbreak of World War One, the Museum of Sarajevo on June 9 unveiled the images of both Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Serbian assassin, Gavrilo Princip.

Princip's murder of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo in 1914 is widely seen as the key event that triggered the war.