Europe

Organ trafficking investigator to publish statement

BELGRADE -- The chief prosecutor of EULEX for alleged human organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania in 1999 will issue a statement on the findings of the investigation.

At least BGN 200M higher levels of cash flow were recorded on Bulgaria's property market by the end of June and the beginning of July, 2014.

BRUSSELS - Clint Williamson, the lead prosecutor in a probe into the 1999 organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija, will on Tuesday in Brussels present the report of the EU Special Investigative Task Force.

The Task Force announced in a statement that Williamson will present to the media the findings gathered by his team during the investigation.

Bulgarian MPs are to convene for an emergency session on Tuesday afternoon to discuss budget amendment proposals.

On arrival in Skopje on Monday, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said he was bringing no new proposal on his two-day visit, but rather old ideas that were worth considering further.

“I don’t have a new proposal but I have some things in my head," Nimetz told reporters.

Serbia's Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, on Monday axed seven general managers of public companies, accusing them of achieving poor results.

Bulgarian lecturer prof. Georgi Bliznashki said on Monday he had given his consent "in principle" to join the caretaker cabinet due to be sworn in after August 6.

The National Anthem Day of Romania is celebrated each year on July 29, as stipulated by Law no. 99/1998. "Desteapta-te romane! [Awaken Thee, Romanian!]" is the national anthem of Romania, a symbol of the unity of the 1848 Romanian Revolution.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not holding back in terms of signaling what kind of political system he wants for Turkey with him at the helm. He is also continues to mix apples and oranges, or as some may say, tomatoes and potatoes, in doing so.

University officials have decried the government’s decision to open two new departments at the same time that funding for the tertiary institutions continues to be slashed.

It emerged that the government has given the go-ahead for an architectural school, Greece’s seventh, to open at Ioannina University and an environmental engineering department to be set up in Kozani.