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Russia Calls UN Resolution on Crimea ‘Counterproductive’
Russia has criticized Thursday's UN General Assembly resolution on the Crimean referendum, calling it a "counterproductive initiative".
EU Court Rules That ISPs May Have To Block Pirate Sites
European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that EU countries can ask internet providers to block pirate sites with a court order.
On Thursday the court's judges in Luxembourg ruled that Internet providers would be obliged to block illegal content online if the laws of one European member state dictate it.
Bulgaria 2nd Most Preferred Destination Among Turkish Tourists
Bulgaria ranks second after Georgia as the most preferred destination among Turkish residents, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute data.
A total of 7.5 million Turkish citizens traveled abroad in 2013, where they spent USD 5.3M, the statistics showed, cited by the Turkish Haberler.
Stranger in a strange land
A long-lost hero returns home in Alexandra Anthony's captivating documentary Lost in the Bewilderness Meeting yiayia. Filmed over the course of 30 years, Alexandra Anthony's family documentary is a mixture of archival footage and cinema verite.
By Harry van Versendaal
Not everyone's home videos have the makings of a modern-day Greek tragedy.
European Commission takes Greece to court over failure to protect sea turtles
The European Commission on Friday announced that it is taking Greece to court over its failure to impose legislation for the protection of the Caretta-caretta loggerhead sea turtle, an endangered species that is endemic to the southern Ionian Sea and which nests there.
Yanukovych Calls for Referendums in All of Ukraine's Regions
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called for referendums to be held across the country.
Yanukovych has said that "every region" should determine its status within Ukraine, as Russia's ITAR-TASS agency quoted him as saying.
EU Funds Makover of Romanian 'Painted' Monastery
The EU-funded project worth some 3 million euro will begin at Putna monastery, in Bukovina, northeast Romania, and will last two years.
“The money will be used not only to restore and better preserve the monastery but also to improve its infrastructure,” Romania's Deputy Prime Minister, Liviu Dragnea, explained on Thursday.
Lagumdzija: BiH, Serbian gov'ts should hold meeting asap
SARAJEVO - Bosnia-Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija expects that the first joint sitting of the BiH Council of Ministers and a new Serbian government will be held shortly after the formation of the government in Belgrade.
Bulgaria's Construction and Retail Trade Stay Strong in March
Bulgaria's total business climate indicator has increased by 1.2% in March due to the improved business climate in construction and retail trade.
Wine festival kicks off on Kopaonik
KOPAONIK - Winterfest, a three-day wine, gastronomy and viticulture conference with an emphasis on wine tourism, kicked off on the Kopaonik mountain in southern Serbia on Thursday.
Serbs protest in Gracanica
GRACANICA - Vladeta Kostic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska, urged on Friday all Serb MPs in the Kosovo parliament, as well as the MPs representing other minorities, to walk out of the parliament because of the announced amendments to the election law.
Serbs protest against changes to election law
Serbs protest against changes to election law
GRAČANICA -- Vladeta Kostić, leader of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska Vladeta Kostić urged on Friday all Serb members of the Kosovo assembly to walk out in protest.
President Nikolic lays wreath at Reiferdorf cemetery
MAUTHAUSEN - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who is on a visit to Austria, on Friday laid a wreath at the military cemetery in Reiferdorf, where 8,000 Serbian WWI soldiers and internees are buried.
Nikolic laid the wreath at the memorial to Allied soldiers who lost their lives in the war and placed flowers at individual memorials to Serbian internees.
Bulgaria to Take Part in Project for Floating LNG Terminal near Kavala
Bulgaria will participate in the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas terminal near the Greek city of Kavala in a bid to secure constant access to natural gas.
Talks on the project are to be wrapped up by end-2014, according to the authorities in Athens, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).
Pioneering Kosovo Soap Gets Viewers’ Thumbs-Up
Kosovo’s first homemade soap opera, “Stine Dashurie”, does not deal in subtle plot lines.
The main character in “Seasons of Love” - to give it its name in English - moves back from Switzerland to Kosovo.
Alban has a job with the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, and is caught in a love triangle involving a co-worker and her best friend.