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Macedonia Tight-Lipped on US Secret Surveillance
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claimed that he did not have enough information to say anything about the allegations mentioned in recent leaked data from whistleblower and former National Security Agency, NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Strategy on cultural cooperation in region adopted
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac is staying in his first official visit to Macedonia, during which he participated in the Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe, during which the Regional strategy on cooperation in the culture sector in South-East European countries was adopted on Saturday.
Showers, storms expected in the north and east as heat wave eases
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to hit Central and Eastern Macedonia, the islands of the Sporades and northern Evia late on Friday and on Saturday, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) said on Friday.
Billy Idol sets Belgrade's Kalemegdan alight
BELGRADE - British rocker Billy Idol delivered a rousing performance at Kalemegdan late Thursday in front of around 18,000 people at the 2014 Belgrade Calling festival.
With his sideman Steve Stevens, Idol played a selection of his classic hits.
EU Mediation Proposed in Macedonia Political Row
The ruling VMRO DPMNE party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has said it is willing to accept European mediation in further talks with the opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, after a first attempt at dialogue made no progress.
The Floods Scared Off the Seaside Tourists
The recent disastrous floods in the north eastern parts of Bulgaria led to reservation cancellations, said Economy Ministry, quoted by the bTV national channel.
The hotel owners along the coast are already calculating the expected losses as some Russian tourists already started cancelling their vacations.
Billy Idol postpones gig at Belgrade Calling 2014
BELGRADE - Rock'n'roll star Billy Idol's gig at the Belgrade Calling 2014 music festival originally scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed for Thursday.
The concert taking place at Donji Kalemegdan was postponed due to bad weather, organizers told Tanjug.
Croatia, Macedonia and Bulgaria link their stock exchanges
Croatia, Macedonia and Bulgaria link their stock exchanges
Kosovars Raise a Pint to Emerging Beer Culture
Kosovars by and large are not big beer drinkers. They drink 13 litres per person on average per year- compared to roughly 150 litres consumed by Czechs in the same period of time.
But for five nights, concluding on Tuesday, the centre of Pristina was awash in all things beer for the fourth annual Beerfest. Organizers estimated that 10,000 people came through on each night.
Corruption Hinders Balkans Energy Sector Progress
The report published by SEE Change Net on Wednesday says that tens of millions of euro have been lost by south-eastern European countries due to high-level corruption in the energy sector.
Minister Tasovac in Macedonia
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac will meet Macedonia's Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska on his first official visit to this country on Thursday.
Billy Idol to perform at Calling 2014
BELGRADE - Rock'n'roll icon Billy Idol will be headlining the Belgrade Calling 2014 music festival at Donji Kalemegdan on Wednesday night.
The English superstar, who recently confirmed that his new studio album will be released in October, is on a tour of Europe this summer with his band, which includes guitar legend Steve Stevens.
NATO Rejects Montenegro Membership in 2014
NATO secretary-general Andres Fogh Rasmussen announced after ministerial meetings in Brussels on Wednesday that Montenegro would not be invited to join at a summit in September.
“On Montenegro, we will open intensified and focused talks, and we will assess at the latest by the end of 2015 whether to invite Montenegro to join the alliance,” Rasmussen said.
Macedonia Buys New Trains from China
Macedonian Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski and Transport Minister Mile Janakieski signed a deal on Tuesday to buy four diesel and two electric trains from the Chinese company CSR Corporation Ltd.
The new trains, which can transport around 200 people each, will be enough to carry some 60 per cent of Macedonia’s existing passenger trafic.
Bulgarian President to Attend SEECP Summit in Bucharest
President Rosen Plevneliev will take part in the meeting of the heads of state and government of the South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP) countries on June 25.
This is the highest level of political dialogue in the region in this format, according to the President's press office.
The SEECP was launched on Bulgaria's initiative in 1996.