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Kosovo, Albania ‘Most Corrupt Countries in Region’
According to the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog on Wednesday, Albania and Kosovo are ranked joint 110th out of 174 countries around the world that were assessed in the report.
Novi Sad designer awarded for best startup
NOVI SAD - Owner and director of the design studio Salt and Water from Novi Sad Svetlana Mojic has won this year's Balkan women's entrepreneurship award for the most successful startup company, the company said on Wednesday.
Traffic accidents third cause of death in Greece, seminar hears
Greece has one of the highest traffic accident rates in Europe, according to data presented on Monday at a seminar in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, by the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace together with the Hellenic Institute of Transport (IMET/EKETA).
Romania, Poland and Latvia were also shown to be high on the list, the conference was told.
Salsa festival to take place in Belgrade December 5-7
BELGRADE - The 9th International Festival of Salsa and other Caribbean dances under the title Salsa Motion Weekend will be held in Belgrade from December 5 to 7 and it will gather around 1,000 dancers from Serbia and the world.
Minister opposes plans to establish Islamic Studies department at Thessaloniki university
Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Giorgos Orfanos has criticized plans to establish a department of Islamic Studies at the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In comments made Thursday, Orfanos said that it would be wrong to mix the study of Orthodox faith with something else.
Serbia, Macedonia together to penetrate new textile markets
BELGRADE - Serbia and Macedonia should promote the textile industry through closer cooperation and create conditions for joint penetration of the third markets, participants of the business forum discussing the two countries' cooperation in this area have concluded.
Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Invites Deputy to Resign
Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has expressed hopes that her deputy, Branimir Botev, will step down.
Speaking Thursday in Plovdiv at the opening of the annual international meeting of tour operators, she suggested that Botev had been appointed Deputy Tourism Minister at the insistence of Valeri Simeonov from nationalist formation the Patriotic Front.