Belarus

Belarus will receive a USD 2 B loan from Russia by the end of this month, reports ITAR-TASS. 

In January Belarus, who is suffering from economic downturn received a loan of USD 450 M from Russia.

The country will also sign the agreement for joining the Eurasian Economic Union after resolving a dispute with Russia over oil product duties. 

Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd are to represent Greece in this year's Eurovision song contest final in Copenhagen on Saturday after qualifying in Thursday's semi-final along with another nine entries.

Russia's energy giant Gazprom does not rule out the suspension of gas transit to Europe, the company has warned in its 2013 financial report.

Student Andjela Sarkovic first at Olympiad in Turkey A girl from Nis wins gold again

The State should support young people much more in order to motivate them remain in their homeland, Andjela Sarkovic (18) of the City of Nis says.

In the EU there are Trojan queens and Trojan rooks of Russia, but Bulgaria is at most a Trojan pawn, said former Bulgarian foreign minister Solomon Passy. 

Passy was invited to the national TV channel bTV morning talkshow to comment on a recent publication in Reuters, which said Bulgaria was Russia's Trojan horse in the EU. 

Anniversary of Syrmian Front breakthrough

ŠID -- The 69th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Axis line on the Syrmian Front and final battles for liberation from the Nazi occupation has been marked.

BELGRADE - The 69th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Axis lines on the Syrmian Front and the final battles for Yugoslavia's liberation from Nazi occupation in World War II was marked in Adasevci near Sid, northwestern Serbia.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on the behalf of the government at the Syrmian Front memorial and paid tribute to the victims.

Bulgaria's national football team dropped 6 places in the FIFA World Ranking and is now in 73rd position.

The reason behind this fall is none other than the lack of competitive matches over the past month. Bulgaria's only official fixture in 2014 was a 2:1 friendly win over Belarus in a friendly on March 5.

The European Union launched a case on Tuesday in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a Russian ban on imports of pigs and pork from the EU.

"Putin won't stop trying to expand Russia"

LONDON -- After "annexing Crimea and with troops massed on the border of Ukraine," Vladimir Putin "will not stop trying to expand Russia."