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Intelligence Leak Reveals US Surveillance in Balkans
The document published on Tuesday by the Washington Post said that the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2010 gave the National Security Agency, NSA the right to target every country in the world recognised by the US except Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The document was part of a cache leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
NSA spying "not good, Serbia powerless" - FM
NSA spying "not good, Serbia powerless" - FM
BELGRADE -- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that surveillance conducted by the NSA is "not good practice", but that Serbia is "powerless to change anything."
Dačić added that U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) activity "caused mistrust among states."
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Vigenin to Visit Serbia July 3
Bulgaria's top diplomat Kristian Vigenin is due to visit Serbia to meet counterpart and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic on Thursday.
The trip comes upon the invitation of Dacic, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has reported in a statement to the media.
Vigenin is also to hold talks with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic.
Norway's 12-year assistance to Serbia totals EUR 2.5 million
NIS - Norwegian Ambassador in Serbia Nils Ragnar Kamsvag in Nis on Wednesday that his country sent around EUR 2.5 million worth of assistance over the course of 12 years.
In the talks with Nis Mayor Zoran Perisic, the Norwegian ambassador said that his country's main focus in the time to come would cover the high unemployment rate in Serbia.
Bulgarian Tourists Prefer Serbia's Belgrade for City Breaks
More and more Bulgarian tourists choose the Serbian capital Belgrade for short holidays or the so-called city breaks.
For the first five months of 2014 the number of Bulgarians, who have traveled to the Serbian capital, increased by 60 percent on an annual basis, said Miodrag Popovic, Director of the Tourist Organization of Belgrade, as quoted by Dnevnik.
Production of wheat drops by one fifth
BELGRADE – Serbia expects to produce 2.1 million tons of wheat in 2014, down 19.6 percent against last year, a result of inclement weather, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) has said in a release.
Estimates show that raspberry production will amount to 62,202 tons, a decrease of 9.1 percent.