News archive of June 2018

Rating agency Moody's Investor Service said on June 27 a strengthening U.S. dollar since mid-April has increased the credit risk of several emerging markets due to currency depreciation.

Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu told a debate on Thursday on the recent developments in Romania's preparations for taking over the annual presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) that the government will pass at its meeting a decision to provide an organisational framework for the coordination mechanisms related to the European Union Strategy fo

The European Commision President, Jean-Claude Juncker, apologised on Wednesday to a Romanian MEP for the appearance of the phrase "Moldovan language" on the website of European Commision - calling it a "regrettable administrative error".

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said "there is no one word answer" when he asked whether he trusts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

As EU leaders met in Brussels for a crunch summit on Thursday and Friday to discuss migration among other issues - and following rows in Albania over whether its government had agreed to host processing camps - Bosnia and Montenegro have stepped in to say they will also not host such centres.

Kovacevic was until now the head of the Service for Combating Organized Crime.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stevanovic announced this on Thursday, telling TV Pink that Kovacevic's name was put forward by Police Director Vladimir Rebic, and that he agreed. "This is a true professional," Stevanovic said of Kovacevic.

Further eurozone reform is needed to prevent future economic crises from erupting like they did in Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday ahead of a major European Union summit.

Saudi authorities have launched a probe after a female TV presenter wore "indecent" clothes while reporting on the end of a decades-long woman driving ban, triggering outrage on social media.

A small plane crashed into a construction site in a densely populated area of India's financial capital Mumbai on June 28, killing five people including one on the ground, officials said. 

Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day) is celebrated on June 28. An important religious feast and date for the Serbs, it, among other historical events, marks the day in 1389 when the Battle of Kosovo was fought between the Serbian Kingdom and the invading Ottoman Turks.