News archive of February 2017

Turkey has lashed out at Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz over his remarks on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's planned rally in the country on the eve of an April 16 referendum, accusing the top diplomat of exceeding even "the most radical racist and xenophobic political parties" for his own personal political gain. 

Hungary's Foreign Minister has argued the abandoned South Stream gas pipeline project could be revisited following the early election in Bulgaria next month.

RIA Novosti quotes Peter Szijjarto as saying: "All these countries in the Western Balkans and Central Europe, we have the interest of revitalizing South Stream."

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has a narrow edge on conservative GERB less than a month before the early election in March, a new poll shows.

According to the Market Links survey, some 21.4% of respondents would vote for the BSP if elections were to be held on February 27.

The science fiction and fantasy movie buffs pay attention to every conceivable detail in the films put on the big screen of TV. Since the first movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy came out 16 years ago, one of the most talked about points was the languages of the different races and more specifically the Elven on used in the film. Author J. R.

The US Embassy in Croatia on Monday strongly denounced a march by far-right nationalists in the capital of Zagreb who waved an American flag and reportedly voiced support for President Donald Trump, AP reports.

The IMF has praised "the outstanding results that the Serbian government has achieved in 2016 in all segments of the agreed reforms."

This is especially true of "the domain of fiscal policy," the Serbian government announced on Monday.

This statement followed a meeting in Belgrade between Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and head of the IMF Mission to Serbia James Roaf.

FYROM's (Macedonia) opposition Social Democratic Union (SDSM) leader has submitted signatures of support from three ethnic Albanian political parties to President Gjorge Ivanov, saying he has secured enough support in parliament to form a government.

A small plane crashed into two houses in Riverside, Calif., Monday evening, killing at least four persons and injuring two others.
The Cessna 310 aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane was bound for San Jose.

Kosovo's special prosecutor has charged the imam of the country's main mosque with inciting terrorism by encouraging worshipers to go to Syria and Iraq and "wage jihad."

The entertainment industry and Hollywood were outspoken critics of Donald Trump and staunch supporters of Hillary Clinton. It was therefore no surprise that the night of the Oscars was the perfect platform for the TV stars and celebrities to lash out against the new President of the United States. But Donald Trump has proven he is not one to take it sitting down.