Environment
Researcher and kindergarten receive Green Planet charter
BELGRADE - This year's winners of the Green Planet great charter are Mihajlo Stankovic, researcher at the Special Natural Reserve Zasavica, and Pcelica (Little Bee) kindergarten in the village of Setonje, Serbia’s association of environmental sciences experts, which is giving the award on the occasion of Earth Day, said in a release on Monday.
UN asked to join "anti-terrorist" operation in east Ukraine
UN asked to join "anti-terrorist" operation in east Ukraine
KIEV -- Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has invited the UN to deploy forces in eastern parts of the country.
Pro-Russian protesters have occupied public buildings in ten towns in that region of Ukraine.
Concert 'Sound of birds' in Youth Centre
BELGRADE - The concert 'Zvuk Ptica' (The Sound of Birds) in the Belgrade Youth Centre on April 15 will feature the performance of saxophone player and composer Jasna Jovicevic and her colleagues who will present an entirely new experience of natural sounds fused with jazz and electronics.
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Fire In Chile Kills At Least 12, Destroys Thousands of Homes
A forest fire, which got out of control near Chile's city of Valparaiso killed at least 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes over the weekend.
More than 10 000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.
Bulgaria to Curb Wood Exports
Grigor Gogov, head of the Executive Forests Agency, has informed that Bulgaria plans to restrict its wood exports.
In a Sunday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Gogov noted that the efforts of the Executive Forests Agency over the next few years would focus on afforestation.
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Construction was down again in January
Construction activity continued to fall in January, showing that the recovery recorded in October and November 2013 was temporary.
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Cyprus president thinks gas may help bridge the island's division
President Nicos Anastasiades said discovery of natural gas around Cyprus could galvanize international efforts to resolve a longstanding division of the island and smooth development of an alternative energy supply source to Russia.
But he said it was too early to speak of tangible progress in recently relaunched peace talks on the ethnically split island.
Bulgaria's Govt Bases 2014-2015 Reindustrialization Plan on 8 Pillars
Anna Yaneva, Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy, has announced that the draft 2014-2015 reindustrialization action plan has been completed.
Bulgarian Solar/Wind-Powered Irrigation System Sparks Int'l Interest
An irrigation system running renewable energy developed by a Bulgarian company sparked interest from Qatar, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
A prototype of the system has already been installed and is functioning in the southeastern village of Polyana, Yambol district, where the technology services a farm of 50 decares, according to reports of Capital daily.