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Bled Strategic Forum wraps up
The event featured around 1,200 participants from 60 countries, numbers that Logar said showed that it was "the largest and content-wise the strongest forum so far, exceeding the frameworks of the location in Slovenia and significantly expanding to areas in the region as well as the immediate and distant neighbourhood".
Čeferin says financial gap between clubs biggest challenge for potential next term
"We cannot stop it, but we can slow it down a little bit," he said at a one-on-one interview at the Bled Strategic Forum on Monday evening.
He admitted that in the new elections for UEFA president will be much easier, as people know him. "You cannot force them to give you support, but it is much easier now when you have the position."
Which are the 17 Largest Bulgarian Companies in 2018?
17 Bulgarian companies rank among the 500 largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe in 2017. Compared to last year, their number decreased by one, and "Energo-Pro Varna" is the company that debuted for the first time in the Coface ranking.
Slovenia Open Nations League with Home Loss to Bulgaria
Ljubljana, 6 September - Slovenia opened their campaign in the UEFA Nations League, the new international competition which replaces international friendly matches, by losing to Bulgaria in Ljubljana's Stožice Stadium 1:2 on Thursday, with both goals for the guests scored by the winger Bozhidar Kraev.
Coalition committed to upgrading pension system
One of the coalition's priorities will be trying to build a consensus as soon as possible on how to amend the pension system to ensure its long-term financial sustainability. They also want to transform the Pension Fund Management (KAD) into an independent Demographic Fund.
Coalition agenda involves more funds for security, balanced foreign policy
The five parties in coalition talks plan to overhaul the systems of national security and adopt a new national security resolution. They intend to update the intelligence system and adopt an umbrella act on intelligence and security services.
Bulgaria is 21st in Europe Thanks to Demireva
Mirela Demireva's silver medal in high jump gave Bulgaria's 21st place in Euro 2018 athletics staging in Berlin. With one vice-champion are also Azerbaijan and Slovenia, while the Olympic stadium gave awards to 27 countries.
Cable Operator United Group to Meet Potential Buyers
Dutch-based cable and pay-TV operator United Group is to conduct meetings over the coming week with potential buyers, two sources familiar with the matter told BIRN, ahead of a reported auction in September.
Passenger Traffic up at European Airports as Freight Growth Fades
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its air traffic report for June, Q2 & H1, revealing that during the first half of this year (H1), passenger traffic at Europe's airports grew by an average +6.7%, whilst freight traffic only rose by +3.3% during H1.
Russians become biggest direct investors in Balkans
This is according to a report by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).
According to the report, the reasons for this are the underutilized labor force and improved infrastructure, the Bosnia-Herzegovina based website Indikator is reporting.
Balkan Docs Feature in Kosovo Film Festival
Of the six competing categories in Kosovo's international documentary and short film festival, Dokufest, which opens on Friday in Prizren, the Balkan Dox category will feature 16 documentaries from the region.
Sarabande, a film by the Kosovo director Kaltrina Krasniqi, started as a personal documentary on the classical music virtuoso Petrit Ceku.
Epic Drama Joins A1 Bulgaria
A1 Bulgaria, previously known as Mtel, has added Viasat World's Epic Drama to its IPTV and cable offers.
Tennis: Four Romanian players among the seeded players at BRD Bucharest Open (WTA)
Not less than four Romanian tennis players are among the seeded players at the BRD Bucharest Open (WTA) tournament, equipped with total prizes worth 226,750 US dollars, to start on Monday on the BNR Arenas in the Capital City: Mihaela Buzarnescu is 2nd seeded, Irina Begu, last edition's winner, is 3rd seeded, Sorana Cirstea is seed no. 5 and Ana Bogdan is seed no. 6.
Montenegro to Join NATO Missions on Russian Border
Montenegro will deploy troops in Poland and Latvia by 2019 at the latest in support of NATO battle formations on the border with Russia, according to a Defence Ministry document, which BIRN has obtained.
It said Montenegro will send troops to Latvia to join the Slovenian Army battalion which has been there since 2017, with Canada as the lead country in the operation.
"Old, New, Orthodox" - CIA predicts a fragmented Europe
Namely, the CIA sees the European continent as quite different to what it is today in the near future - divided in three parts: "new," "old," and "(Christian) Orthodox" - and Serbia would be a part of the third.