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Faculties demand commission to examine Stefanovic's thesis
BELGRADE - Ten Faculties of the state-owned University of Belgrade (UB), gathered in the Academic Council of Social and Humanistic Sciences, will request setting up of a commission to examine the doctoral thesis of Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, Council member and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy Prof. Milos Arsenijevic told Tanjug on Tuesday.
Meeting on linear accelerators in Belgrade in October
BELGRADE - An international meeting on hight energy linear accelerators will be held in Belgrade October 6-10, and Deputy Mayor Andreja Mladenovic has stressed that it is a great recognition for the city, science and scientists in Serbia.
Mladenovic received a delegation of LCWS 14 (International Linear Collider) and officials of the Belgrade Institute of Nuclear Science Vinca.
Eight Siemens workers rescued from Iraq, says Germany
The German foreign ministry said on June 17 that eight Germans working for the engineering company Siemens had been rescued from an area of Iraq that has fallen into the hands of insurgents north of Baghdad.
"All the German employees who were trapped in the power plant in Baiji are now in safety," said a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
Turkey’s celebrity preachers to earn fortune this Ramadan
A handful of Islamic preachers in Turkey will earn more than a million Turkish Liras with their special shows on Turkish TV screens throughout Ramadan this year, which will start on June 28.
Top of the list is Islamic scholar Nihat HatipoÄlu, who has clinched a contract worth 600,000 liras with ATV for 30 episodes of his trademark Ramadan program, according to daily Vatan.
Italian police delegation visits Serbia
BELGRADE - The delegation of the School for Professional Development of the Italian police which is staying in Serbia on a study visit will exchange experiences with representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, National Assembly, as well as operative and training units of the Serbian police.
Serbian economy makes RSD 23 billion loss
BELGRADE – The Serbian economy incurred a loss of RSD 23 billion last year, a four times smaller sum than in 2012, and losses were greatest in the transportation and warehousing and the processing industry sectors, Ruzica Stamenkovic, registrar at the Serbian Business Registers Agency, said Tuesday.
Total Seeks Drilling Company for Black Sea Gas Exploration
The Bulgarian branch of French petrol company Total announced a public tender for exploration drilling in the Khan Asparuh gas field off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
The expected price of the drilling is around BGN 100 M, reports Capital daily.
The estimated gas deposits in the Khan Asparuh field are between 42 and 84 B cubic meters of gas.