Amsterdam

BELGRADE - The City of Belgrade, along with Turin, Amsterdam and Helsinki, will apply for EU funding for projects to improve energy efficiency and efficiency of public transport, Sinisa Mali, mayor of the Serbian capital, said Tuesday.

In a ground-breaking move the United States on Feb. 23 appointed the first US special envoy for gay and lesbian rights in a bid to help eradicate discrimination around the world.
      

The Netherlands Dance Theatre has acquired a fanatical following here in Greece, and indeed all over the world.

Primary Surplus

Little old lady in the village asks her husband, "What does 'primary surplus' mean?"

Husband replies, "In my pocket I have 6 euros, I owe DEI (Public Power Corporation) 500, the bank 1,000 and the taxes 350 euros, but I have 6 euros in my pocket! That is primary surplus."

Greece's capital

BELGRADE - A team of students enrolled on courses at the Tourism and Hotel Management Department of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics won the second Adria Student Innovation Contest (ASIC), an annual international competition held in Zagreb, the Faculty of Economics has said in a release.

By Marcus Bensasson

The root of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis's desperation for debt relief will be laid bare in the coming days.

TAROM is launching today its Dragobete [Romania's love-celebrating holiday, marked on Feb. 24] offer by selling tickets with a starting price of 99 euros for round trips, with all charges included, according to an airline's release.

Photo credit: (c) Alex Tudor / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The air traffic control agency, SMATSA, expects to earn more than 68 million eurofrom route charges in 2015, after some major European airlines relocated flight paths over Serbia and Montenegro due to the armed conflicts in Ukraine.

Everyone knows that squares in many cities host eager to be fed pigeons, however, there is a darker side to this lovely tradition: the birdseed vendors' locations and the rows that may arise It is 9 a.m. on Feb. 1, a Sunday morning, and ?zmir is still asleep, except for some people who want to enjoy the quietness of the city.

Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest on Feb.1 seeking support from Chancellor Angela Merkel against their Prime Minister Viktor Orban a day ahead of the German leader's visit to the ex-communist nation.