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Sofia City Hall Builds Earthquake Simulator for Trainings
Sofia City Hall has started the construction of an earthquake simulator, where the residents can learn how to react in an earthquake.
Serbia to Reintroduce State TV Subscription Fee
A source at the Ministry of Culture told BIRN on Monday that the new draft legislation on public service broadcasting envisions a 500 dinar (about 4.3 euro) monthly fee for the channels’ service.
"The plan is to start with this from 2016, after the two-year budget funds for the two broadcasters [RTS and RTV] expires," the source said on condition of anonymity.
South Stream Offshoot to Crimea 'Possible' - Russian Minister
The South Stream gas pipeline could have a ramification to the Crimean peninsula, Oleg Savelyev, Minister of Crimean Affairs, announced.
Turkish opposition’s presidential candidate tops Twitter
Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄlu, the former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), who has been nominated as the joint presidential candidate of Turkeyâs two major opposition parties, quickly topped Twitterâs Worldwide Trending Topics list on June 16.
Businessman ordered to post bail in 'Electronic Warfare' case
Businessman Thomas Liakounakos was ordered to post 300,000 euros in bail and was banned from leaving the country on Monday after testifying in front of special anti-corruption prosecutor Costas Sargiotis.
Disgraced Serbian University Chief Mounts Fightback
Jovanovic said on Sunday that the scandal that initially erupted after Serbia’s Interior Minister was accused of plagiarizing parts of his PhD thesis, then escalated to force the rector to resign, was "fabricated in order to bring down the state leadership".
Armed Police Besiege Albanian Marijuana Village
Police on Monday launched a pre-dawn raid on the village which produced an estimated 900 metric tons of marijuana last year and has been a no-go area for the authorities for more than a decade.
Japanese modern film festival to take place on June 26-30
BELGRADE - A Japanese modern film festival will be held at the Museum of Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade on June 26 to 30, the Embassy of Japan in Serbia said in a release Monday.
The festival will present some of the best known modern Japanese cinema releases.
Firework display festival to debut in Serbia on June 20
BELGRADE - Sremska Mitrovica will host Serbia's first firework display festival on June 20-22, and the event will feature pyromusical fireworks, to be performed for the first time ever in the country by teams from Serbia, Slovakia and Italy, the organisers said at a press conference.
Flood-damaged preschool receives EUR 30,000 donation
Flood-damaged preschool receives EUR 30,000 donation
SVILAJNAC -- The preschool institution "Dečja Radost" ("Children's Joy") in Svilajnac has received a donation in the amount of EUR 30,000 from German company Muehlbauer.
The donation was paid through the sponsor of the kindergarten's reconstruction, the B92 Fund.
20% of Bulgarians Have Never Been To a Health Checkup
One fifth of all Bulgarians have never been to a general medical examination, shows a survey of the Open Society Institute in Sofia.
Bulgaria Had EU's Second-Lowest Tax Burden in 2013
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.
Macedonia Opposition Party Spurns New Government
The DPA’s central presidency said this weekend that it would not become part of the new government led by Nikola Gruevski that is to be officially elected in parliament on Thursday.
The party said it did not believe that Gruevski and his allies, who led the last government, could make a breakthrough on the country's priority issues.
Public transport to become cheaper
Public transport is set to become cheaper starting on September 1, Transport Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced on Monday.
Bulgaria's Exports of Cereals Top 7 M Tonnes
Bulgaria's Agriculture Ministry has updated the data about the production of basic cereals in 2013.
After the update, an increase in stocks by 857 000 tonnes was registered, mainly due to maize and sunflower, according to data of Bulgaria's National Grain and Feed Service, as cited by farmer.bg.