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Vucic: Slovenia important partner for Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbia wishes to pursue its cooperation and develop good relations with Slovenia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said ahead of his official visit to the country on Friday.
Vucic told reporters at the Belgrade Fair that he will confer with the Slovenian president, prime minister and MPs during his visit to Ljubljana.
EU Commission to Preview Energy Deals Signed by Member States
The European Commission (EC) plans on establishing a practice of holding mandatory pre-consultations with member states, prior to signing of energy deals with third countries.
This is foreseen in a draft plan for the Energy Union as part of the strategy to diversify the EU's energy suppliers, EurActiv reports.
Minister: Bulgaria Prepared to Host European Volleyball Championship
Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev assured that Bulgaria is prepared to meet the challenges of hosting the 2015 men's European Volleyball Championship.
Kralev attended the drawing of lots for the final round of the tournament, which took place at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia on Monday.
Croatia's Mesic Named in Finnish Bribery Trial
A court in Hameenlinna, Finland, on Monday fined and paroled two officials of the Finnish state-owned arms company Patria for bribing Croatian officials during a sale of armed vehicles in 2007.
Heikki Hulkkonen and Patria's former representative in Croatia, Reijo Niittynen, were given 20 months parole and a 297,000 euro fine each for offering a bribe of 1.6 million euro.
Tickets for Bansko Alpine Skiing World Cup Events Now Selling
Tickets for the most anticipated event of the year in Bansko - the Alpine Skiing World Cup scheduled for February 27 to March 1, have already started selling.
The tickets can be found both in the Bansko ticket center next to the cable cars depot and in Sofia's Max Sport store on Bulgaria Blvd 81, Standart news reported.
Faculty of Economics students win ASIC contest
BELGRADE - A team of students enrolled on courses at the Tourism and Hotel Management Department of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics won the second Adria Student Innovation Contest (ASIC), an annual international competition held in Zagreb, the Faculty of Economics has said in a release.
Protest over announced pulling down of Orthodox church
BELGRADE - The participants of an international conference titled Human Dignity, Freedom and Rights: Christian Dimension, held in Slovenia, have sent an appeal to Pristina city authorities to abandon a scheduled demolition of the temple of Christ the Savior in downtown Pristina.
Burglar stuck in door calls police for help
Burglar stuck in door calls police for help
LJUBLJANA -- A burglar "with a foot stuck in the door" of a house he was robbing in Radovljica, Slovenia, had to call the police and ask for their assistance.
The police realized that the case was a burglary, and filed a criminal complaint against the suspect.
Slavic Carnivals exhibition to be held in Belgrade in June
BELGRADE - The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade will host an exhibition titled Slavic Carnivals, authored by curators of 12 museums in Slavic countries, in June.
The exhibition, organized by the Forum of Slavic Cultures, under the auspices of UNESCO, will also feature a round table on new forms of carnival as tourism potential.
People looking to minimize their income-tax bill may want to pack up and move to Bulgaria, WSJ
Bulgaria has ranked second in an AIRINC report on taxation policies across the world, analyzed by the Wall Street Journal.
AIRINC's main activity involves analyzing data regarding cross-border transfers, including cost of living differences, housing costs, hardship allowances, per diems, and hypothetical taxes.