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Macedonia Industrial Output Continues Steady Rise
Industrial output in Macedonia in October rose by 7.5 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, data from the State Statistical Office showed.
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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.
Bulgaria Marks 95 Years of Neuilly Treaty after WWI
Bulgarians around the country marked Thursday what is believed to be one of the most sinister dates in the country's history - the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Several marches by patriotic organizations are to mark the 95th year since the Neuilly Treaty in major Bulgarian cities.
Macedonia Murders Blamed on Veterans’ Traumas
Veterans and some political parties have called for more psychiatric help for ex-servicemen after two separate and yet similar multiple murder cases and the suicide of a veteran shocked Macedonia this month.
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Macedonia Rebuffs Kosovo Over Flight Subsidies
The Macedonian Transport Ministry said it will continue subsidising low-cost flights to and from the country despite Kosovo filing a complaint to the European Commission over what it sees as anti-competitive practices.
Lawyers adopt resolution on protection of their profession
SREMSKI KARLOVCI - Officials of bar organisations and participants of an international roundtable on problems related to the lawyer profession and its relations with notaries public adopted on Tuesday a resolution on the protection of the independence of the lawyer profession in Serbia.
Macedonian Journalists 'Kept on Short Leash'
Many Macedonian journalists are kept on a short leash with fixed-term contracts that are often prolonged for years without the potential of permanent employment, said the new study carried out by Macedonia's Independent Journalists' Trade Union, SSNM.
Albanian Nationalist Demands Montenegro Territory
Danaj on Sunday published an open letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic which said that Albanians would regain their rightful territory in Montenegro "peacefully".
Platinum Wolf 2015 exercise to take place in South base
BELGRADE - Military exercise Platinum Wolf 2015 is underway in base South near Bujanovac, southern Serbia, and it gathers around 360 members of the Serbian Armed Forces, United States Marine Corps Forces Europe and armies of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Croatia.
Platinum Wolf 2015 exercise underway in South base
BELGRADE - Military exercise Platinum Wolf 2015 is underway in the South base near Bujanovac and it gathers around 360 members of the Serbian Armed Forces, United States Marine Corps Forces Europe and armies of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Croatia.
Mihajlovic to take part in CEI summit in Vienna
VIENNA - A summit of the Central European Initiative (CEI), presided by Austria this year, will be held in Vienna on Monday, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Construction, and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic as Serbia's representative.
Police seize 8 kilos of heroin, arrest 2 suspects
Police seize 8 kilos of heroin, arrest 2 suspects
BELGRADE -- The Serbian police (MUP) have arrested two persons on suspicion that they tried to smuggle eight kilograms of heroin into the country.
The drugs were found in an Audi passenger car at the Preševo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia.