Slovakia

KRAGUJEVAC - The traditional anti-war event 'The Great School Class' was held on Tuesday near the Broken Wing monument at the Sumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, in memory of the students, professors and citizens of Kragujevac executed by German firing squads in World War II.

Ukraine's allies urged to help pay its debt

BRATISLAVA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Ukraine's allies to help the country pay its natural gas debt to Russia.

EU should back the Southern Gas Corridor, a project rivaling the South Stream gas pipeline, as a means to provide security of energy supplies, Slovakia's EU Commissioner designate Maroš Šefčovič has said.

Euro area annual inflation was 0.3% in September 2014, down from 0.4% in August which is the lowest rate recorded since October 2009, according to Eurostat statistics.

Ukraine plans to build a pipeline able to supply about 8 billion cubic metres of European gas through Poland, Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported on Wednesday.

According to Radoslav Dudzinsky, member of the management board of Polish company Polenergia which is helping develop the project, the estimated cost of the construction of the 110-km main pipeline is about USD 245 M.

European Voice, a Brussels-based outlet, wrote Monday that Kristalina Georgieva, incoming EU Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources, could get Energy Union instead.

The text is about the aftermath of Slovenia's decision to withdraw former PM Alenka Bratusek as candidate to this office after she failed at her hearing in the European Parliament.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic held a reception in Belgrade on Saturday to mark the 45th anniversary of the international children's event 'Joy of Europe' and told the children to stay in touch with their new friends and grow to be good adults.

BEIJING - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia advanced to the final of China Open after defeating Briton Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4 early on Saturday in Beijing.

Three EU member states have reportedly shipped 1.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Russian gas to Ukraine this year via reverse flow - a practice Gazprom doubts is legal.

Dubai-based Flydubai airline has announced that it will begin flights to Bulgaria's Sofia, Bratislava in Slovakia, and Prague in the Czech Republic.

The airline will operate two flights a week between Sofia and Dubai, starting from 14 December 2014. Flights will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays.