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According to the preliminary data of Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute (NSI), the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.5% on the month in October 2014.

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Radan Kanev, leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party and Co-Chair of the Reformist Bloc, has demanded that the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) resign collectively.

In a Monday interview for bTV, he insisted that the collective resignation of the governing body of the judiciary was the indispensable action that would pave the way for clearing the system.

BELGRADE - Leading sports experts Ranko Zeravica and Aleksandar Boricic have been presented with special awards of the Sports Association of Serbia (SSS) at a ceremony held at the House of the National Assembly of Serbia.

Bulgaria's Transport Ministry will invest BGN 12 M in Port Burgas in 2015, according to Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.

Moskovski, as cited by Trud daily, made clear that the funding would be used to build a second module of the Burgas Marine Station and to rehabilitate the jetty.

BELGRADE - Chairman of the Management Board of the Centre for Democracy foundation and one of its founders Dragoljub Micunovic has said that he believes Serbia has enough democratic capacity, and that the progress of the civil society will continue.

Police and customs seize ton of marijuana

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police and customs service on Friday confiscated a ton of marijuana, Tanjug is reporting.

The seizure took place at the Presevo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia.

The drug 's origin was Albania. The Interior Ministry (MUP) is expected to soon reveal more details.

Experts: BiH census key to ease ethnic tension, violence

A blind shell has been found and defused in an apartment block in the city center of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, officials say.

People were forced to leave the building on Gen Parensov Street before Defense Ministry experts collected and defused the shell, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

So far it is unclear how the object appeared on the block's ground floor.

A crowd of a few hundred people mainly formed by actors, directors, musicians, writers and artists has staged a sit-in at a key square in downtown Sofia and then by the Parliament building.

"Military ties significant for regional security"

BELGRADE -- Serbian and Bosnian army chiefs Ljubisa Dikovic and Anto Jelec say they are ready to further improve the cooperation between the two countries' armies.

This is in the interest of regional stability, the two generals said on Wednesday.