News archive of December 2017

Tony Blair's Institute for Global Change is warning about "the growing populism in Europe."

The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has decided that Mladen Krstajic will stay on as head coach of Serbia's national football team.

FSS Sports Director and Deputy Chair of the Expert Board Goran Bunjevcevic announced this on Friday.

Krstajic will remain at the helm "in the coming period, and through" the upcoming FIFA World Cup in the Russian Federation.

The moment of truth, the one that Greece's politicians hoped to postpone forever, is arriving. The impasse in negotiations for a final name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia suited them; it did not oblige any government, party or politician to do what all fear - to take responsibility for a compromise.

The news that traffic accidents are on the rise again is very disturbing indeed, as is the fact that the majority of victims on the country's roads during the holiday season are young men.

Excessive alcohol consumption is, of course, one of the main factors leading to hundreds of fatalities and injuries.

Nine out of every 10 foreign investors considering putting their money into the Greek nonperforming loans market are mostly interested in positioning themselves in the hotel sector. However, the stock of tourism properties offered by the Greek banks mainly concerns hotels outside the luxury category, according to market sources.

Turkey’s first ever drilling ship, the Deepsea Metro II, passed the straits of te northwestern province of Gallipoli on Dec. 29, the Turkish Petroleum Company said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey did not want to have a visa crisis with the United States on Dec. 30, speaking in the northern province of Kastamonu.

BELGRADE - Only a blind man can believe the Balkan problems have been put an end to, says Serbian FM Ivica Dacic.

Conflicts in the region will go on for as long as the causes of those problems remain - if you sweep all problems under the carpet, you will stumble on the carpet, Dacic said on a Happy TV talk show Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin on Wednesday handed to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic a letter with New Year's and Christmas greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

BELGRADE - A working group tasked with improving Serbia's ranking in the World Bank's Doing Business list met Wednesday to discuss the country's achievements in this regard and plans for improvement of business conditions and progress in 2018.