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14th Festival of Street Musicians opens in Novi Sad

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 13:33

NOVI SAD - The 14th annual Festival of Street Musicians has begun in Novi Sad with a performance by the world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir.

The festival, which opened late Thursday, ends on September 6 and will feature more than 200 participants - soloists, bands and troupes from the United States, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Moldova, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Croatia's Osijek Divided Over First Gay Pride

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 11:11

Osijek, Croatia's fourth-largest city with 100,000 inhabitants, will follow Zagreb and Split by holiding its own Pride parade on Saturday.

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Perfect Greece sees off Argentina too

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 01:07

By George Georgakopoulos

The national basketball team finished top of its World Championship pool with a perfect record scoring its fifth win in as many games as it downed Argentina 79-71 on Thursday in Seville. Its next game will be in the round of 16 against Serbia.

Novak Djokovic through to US Open semi-finals

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 10:43

NEW YORK - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to his eighth consecutive US Open semi-final after beating Great Britain's Andy Murray 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-4 in New York early Thursday.

In the semi-final, the current world number one in men's tennis will face Kei Nishikori of Japan, who beat Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4.

Greece beats Croatia in convincing fashion

Published by Kathimerini on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 00:53

By George Georgakopoulos

Greece retained its perfect record in basketball’s World Cup in Spain, defeating Croatia 76-65 in its fourth game at the group stage on Wednesday, which means that the Greeks will finish top of their pool with a win over Argentina on Thursday night.

Linta: Fear production continues

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 17:59

BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta said on Wednesday the most recent incidents in Vukovar where cyrillic parts of bilingual signs were covered by Croatian flags were a continuation of the production of fear and an attempt to maintain a warlike atmosphere.

Hadzic Ends Defence Testimony With Military Denial

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 16:34

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic finished his testimony in his own defence by again denying he had military power in Croatia, where he is accused of committing war crimes.

Balkan Economic Competitiveness Makes Uneven Progress

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 14:22

The newly-published Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 said that Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia and Serbia had moved up in the world competitive rankings, while Croatia and Albania dropped a few positions.

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Deloitte: Ten companies from Serbia among CE Top 500

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 11:06

BELGRADE - Ten companies from Serbia appeared on this year's list of Top 500 companies from Central Europe (CE), based on their sales revenues in 2013, the best ranked companies being the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and Fiat Automobiles of Serbia, the audit and consulting company Deloitte announced on Wednesday.

See You In Montevideo producers making basketball film

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 11:03

BELGRADE - The production company behind See You in Montevideo, Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has started shooting another sports film based on a true story - this time about basketball.

Croatian Property Prices Tumble to 2004 Level

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 09:27

Due to the negative effects of a long-lasting economic recession, which has reduced demand, the real estate market in Croatia has hit its lowest marks in 10 years.

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"EU integration key to cooperation in Balkans"

Published by B92 on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 09:24

"EU integration key to cooperation in Balkans"

BLED -- EU integration of the Western Balkans has had a crucial influence on improving regional cooperation and settling issues through dialogue, Ivica Dačić says

The Serbian foreign minister took part in the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia.

Bulgaria Ranks 54th in 2014-2015 Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic Forum

Published by Novinite on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 08:10

Bulgaria ranks 54th out of a total of 144 countries in The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 of the World Economic Forum.

For a third year in a row, Bulgaria has improved its score.

In the 2014-2015 edition of the report, Bulgaria outperforms a number of EU countries, including Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia and Greece.

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