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Macedonia's Press Freedom Ranked Worst in Balkans
The new World Press Freedom Index, surveying the state of media freedom in 2014, has ranked Macedonia at the bottom of the Balkan pile in 117th position out of 180 listed countries.
This is a slight improvement from the previous year when Macedonia was ranked in 123rd place.
Media freedom declines worldwide, including Serbia
PARIS - Serbia ranks as 67th out of 180 countries ranked according to the Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in the annual evaluation released on Thursday, stressing that media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year.
"Media freedom declines worldwide, including Serbia"
"Media freedom declines worldwide, including Serbia"
Serbia ranks as 67th out of 180 countries ranked according to the Press Freedom Index, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) annual report.
The organization stressed that media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year.
Slavic Carnivals exhibition to be held in Belgrade in June
BELGRADE - The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade will host an exhibition titled Slavic Carnivals, authored by curators of 12 museums in Slavic countries, in June.
The exhibition, organized by the Forum of Slavic Cultures, under the auspices of UNESCO, will also feature a round table on new forms of carnival as tourism potential.
"Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts"
"Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts"
KELEBIJA -- The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, "so they should join forces to solve it."
That is what Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic told reporters on Wednesday.
Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts
KELEBIJA - The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, so they should join forces to solve it, Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic said on Wednesday.
Romanian Politician Linked to HSBC Scandal
Amid the continuing fall out over the HSBC scandal, a journalistic project in Romania has named a key figure in the ruling party as one of those who held secret accounts in the Swiss branch of the British bank.
Croatia Readies for New President's Inauguration
Croatia's newly elected President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, is finalising preparations for her inauguration on Sunday.
The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, she won the second round of the elections in January against the incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, by a smallest margin ever - just 32,509 votes.
Kotzias rebuffed in Berlin over WWII reparations
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias repeated the new Greek government?s claim for war reparations from Germany Tuesday during a joint news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin.
Macedonia Govt Lashes Out Over Wire-Tapping Claims
Macedonia's main ruling party, VMRO DPMNE, has dismissed opposition allegations of conducting widespread wiretapping as nonsensical and contradictory, calling the Social Democratic Party leader, Zoran Zaev, "a puppet of foreign services".
Greek FM to visit Berlin and Moscow
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Berlin Tuesday and Moscow Wednesday to hold talks with his German and Russian counterparts at a time when European governments are concerned that the debt-wracked nation is cozying up to the Kremlin.
‘Coup-gate’, corruption claims and ‘foreign intel services’ bedevil fYRoM
The increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in the neighboring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) fell back on an “antiquated line of defense” last week in a bid to neutralize a political rival, namely, to indirectly involve Greek secret services.
Macedonia PM Accused of Large-Scale Wire-Tapping
Top politicians, opposition leaders, NGO activists, journalists, businessmen, top academics, religious leaders and members of the judiciary have been subjected to widespread surveillance ordered by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and secret police chief Saso Mijalkov, the opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, claimed on Monday.
Croatia Prepares to Inaugurate New President
Grabar Kitarovic will be sworn in as president on Sunday on the St Mark's Square in Zagreb, where the Croatian government, parliament and constitutional court are located.
The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, Grabar Kitarovic won the presidential elections in January, defeating the incumbent Ivo Josipovic.
UK to assist Macedonia in fighting organised crime
UK to assist Macedonia in fighting organised crime
British experts will train Macedonian police and inspectors in the fight against organised crime.
The British National Crime Agency will assist Macedonian police in dealing with organised crime and terrorism threats. [NCA]