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Unemployment Falls to 11.2% in May, Bulgarian Employment Agency

Bulgaria's National Employment Agency has registered an 11.2% unemployment rate in May, which is 0.6% lower than the April figure.

This is the second consecutive month when the rate falls, after it stood at 12.2% during the January – March period, Investor.bg reported. However, compared to the same time last year, it is 0.2% higher.

Bosnian Serb Soldiers Deny Kotor Varos Rape

Former Bosnian Serb servicemen Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic both pleaded not guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl in the Kotor Varos area in June 1992.

Djuric visits Oliver Ivanovic in detention

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric visited leader of the Citizens Initiative 'Serbia, Democracy, Justice' Oliver Ivanovic in the Kosovska Mitrovica detention unit on Wednesday.

Displaced Serbs vote for Serbian list

PRISTINA - Over 9,000 Serbs voted mainly for the Serbian list in the recent Kosovo elections.

A total of 12,990 ballots arrived from central Serbia, of which around 9,500 ballots passed the second ring of examination, the Frankfurt-based Serbian language daily Vesti reported.

BNB Deputy Governor Charged with Abuse of Office

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB)'s Deputy Governor Tsvetan Gounev has been accused of administrative abuse since Tuesday, investigation officials say.

The BNB has confirmed that pre-trial proceedings have been launched against Gounev, who also heads the Banking Supervision Department.

Serbs remove barricade on Ibar bridge in Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Early on Wednesday, the citizens removed the barricade on the northern side of the main bridge over the Ibar River in Kosovska Mitrovica.

The barricade was removed with the use of trucks and heavy machinery.

No incidents were reported during the removal, which lasted nearly three hours.

"Art in Dark Times" exhibition opens in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- An exhibition entitled "Art in Dark Times" opened on June 17 at Belgrade's Mikser House venue.

According to announcements, 34 cartoonists and illustrators from former Yugoslavia will show their artwork.

Ensure transparency of media funding sources

BELGRADE - Transparency Serbia Executive Director Nemanja Nenadic stated on Wednesday that transparency of media funding sources should be ensured regardless of the ownership structure so that readers and viewers would know about the potential influences on the editorial policy.

Dacic commends assistance of OSCE Mission in Kosovo

BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, in Belgrade Wednesday.

The officials discussed activities of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a release.

KFOR: Serbs voluntarily remove barricade

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- During the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, citizens removed a barricade on the northern side of the main bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica, Tanjug reported.

Serbs voluntarily decided to remove the barricade, KFOR spokesman Angelo Morcella said today.