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For all the noisy debate in Western Europe about foreign workers, mass emigration puts economies of former Eastern Bloc members under pressure, a recent report on EurActiv argues while discussing Bulgaria's demographic problems.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic Monday congratulated Serbia's young wrestlers for winning one gold and one silver medal at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Poland.

Bulgaria's volleyball player Teodor Salparov was declared the best libero as his team Zenit Kazan won the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Champions League on Sunday.

The Russian team defeated convincingly in the final Asseco Rezovia from Poland with 3:0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21), daily Dnevnik reports.

Dairy producers in Bulgaria have warned about a wave of bankruptcies in the sector.

Sales of cheese, yellow cheese, butter, and other dairy products have slumped by 30%, with Bulgarian products languishing in storage facilities, according to reports of private TV station Nova TV.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has not received an invitation to participate in the celebrations in Moscow, which will commemorate the 70thanniversary of Victory Day on May 9.

It is expected that Heads of State or Government and ministers from all over the world will gather in Moscow to witness the military parade of the Russian army, daily Trud reports.

Czech leader defends decision to attend Moscow parade

PRAGUE -- Milos Zeman will attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in order to express "his gratitude for the fact Czechs are not forced to speak German today."

Russia will on May 9 organize a military parade to mark 70 years since World War II victory.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? participated in an anti-terrorism march along with local and foreign officials in Tunis March 29, in an event which highlighted Tunisia?s national unity in the wake of a recent terrorist attack.

Poland blames Russian flight controllers for 2010 crash

WARSAW -- Poland has charged two Russian flight controllers with contributing to the 2010 plane crash that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynsk and 95 others.

Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said Turkish economic growth in the first quarter will not be negative, nor at its desired level, with an expected growth of 2.8 to 3 percent in 2014.

Zeybekci also said he expected a recovery in economic growth beginning in the second quarter.

A Moscow-friendly Greece could paralyse NATO's ability to react to Russian aggression, former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warned March 25.
      
Athens could use its veto to slow the alliance's response if Russia set its sights on its Baltic member states, he told Poland's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.