News archive of July 2016

Surplus money registered in the current account balance for the first half of 2016 will be invested into regions that are less developed economically, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Saturday.

He made the announcement while meeting mayors from three northeastern Bulgarian regions.

A Code Yellow warning has been announced for all of Bulgaria's 28 regions, the national weather service says.

Maximum temperatures are expected to hit 33 - 38 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, potentially causing health problems for some people, according to the National Meteorology and Hydrology Institute (NIMH) with the Bulgarian Academy of Science.

TORONTO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has got off to a successful start at the ATP Toronto Masters tournament after beating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) in the second round Wednesday.

Djokovic won after 104 minutes of play and is now 3-0 head-to-head against Muller.

BELGRADE - Serbia will never be on the verge of bankruptcy again, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday at a meeting with the new IMF Resident Representative in Serbia Sebastian Sosa and outgoing Resident Representative Daehaeng Kim.

BELGRADE - US Vice President Joseph Biden and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Serbia after its new government has been formed, most likely in August and September, respectively, Belgrade's Vecernje novosti daily reports.

Biden should arrive in Belgrade on August 18, with Medvedev's visit slated for early September, the daily reported.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a phone call to his British counterpart Theresa May to congratulate the latter on her assumption of new responsibility.

Putin's visit was dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Chapel, a memorial site below the Vršič mountain pass dedicated to Russian prisoners of war buried in a avalanche in the winter of 1916 while building a strategically important supply route to the Isonzo front for the Austro-Hungarians.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Bulgaria on Monday for talks expected to focus on energy and transport, Greek newspaper Kathimerini has reported.

Bulgaria's right-wing Reformist Bloc will select its candidate for the fortcoming presidential elections from seven nominees, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has announced.

"We'll begin to discuss the nominations on Tuesday," Kuneva said at a press briefing in the city of Ruse on Saturday.

European President Jean Claude Juncker warned the deal between the EU and Turkey on the control of the refugee flows is in jeopardy of being scrapped, in an interview to Austrian newspaper ‘Kurier’, Saturday. ‘The danger is high. The success of of the agreement until now has been fragile.