Numismatics

Russians seem to be in uproar after the leak of a specific news piece about Vladimir Putin. It isn’t the economy, or politics, or even anti-gay laws, but it is that the President of the country has ordered two luxurious airplanes for his transportation needs amidst a severe fiscal crisis.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed on Tuesday the Bulgarian Petko Draganov as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Draganov succeeds the Slovak Miroslav Jenca, who was recently appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the site of UNRCCA informs.

When Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an began a new wave of statement against the Central Bank on Jan. 16, roughly one-and-a-half months ago, one U.S. dollar was worth 2.30 Turkish Liras (TL).

With the economic crisis still very much present in Croatia, most people in the country are cutting down on seasonal expenses this Christmas - and over a quarter of those surveyed won't be buying a single present.

The technological giant Apple has temporarily suspended online sales in Russia, because of the instability of the ruble, reports Bloomberg.

"Our online store in Russia is currently unavailable while we review pricing," Alan Hely, spokesperson of Apple told Bloomberg in an e-mail on Tuesday. "We apologise to customers for any inconvenience."

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will visit Azerbaijan on December 11 and 12 and confer with Azerbaijani top officials on promotion of bilateral relations.

During the official visit to Baku, Gojkovic will meet with President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, the speaker's office released in a statement.

The value of dud checks issued in the first 10 months of the year reached 255.8 million euros, according to credit data company Tiresias.

The value of unpaid bills of exchange reached 73.8 million euros.

The police in the Greek city of Thessaloniki nabbed four Bulgarians in an attempt to put EUR 6 thousand fake banknotes in circulation.

One of the Bulgarians has been under investigation for being part of a counterfeit money trade channel which has led the police to the other three persons involved in the scheme.

An ancient coin believed to be the oldest one found so far in Bulgaria has been discovered in the Black Sea just off the town of Sozopol.

Many of the Greek capital’s museums and archaeological sites will be open to the public tomorrow night in celebration of the August full moon, the biggest of the year.