Political geography

A team of scientists at work on a dig in central Macedonia has attracted unwanted attention after an independent Croatian researcher, who joined the team, said he believed that the spot hides the grave of Alexander the Great.

Business leaders back Cyprus negotiation process

Albania arrests alleged jihad recruiting group

Officials are trying to prevent imams and others from recruiting Muslims to fight in foreign conflicts.

Muslims arrive at a Tirana mosque whose imam, Genci Balla, and six others were arrested on charges of recruiting believers to join the Syria conflict. [AFP]

A 57-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki on Thursday for scamming five unemployed people who he allegedly misled about job opportunities abroad and within Greece.

According to police, he would find his victims through the classified ads, where they would advertise their availability.

Envoys from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are to meet in New York City next Wednesday with the United Nations mediator in the dispute between the two countries regarding the Balkan nation’s official name.

Although Bulgaria has been increasing innovations spending, it has failed to derive sufficient economic growth from that, according to Deputy Prime Minister Daniela Bobeva.

Bulgaria's producers, processing companies and traders of bio products are included in an online register. 

Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia is the most affordable destination for tourists in Europe in March with average prices of BGN 115, according to the Trivago Hotel Price Index.

Bulgaria is drafting amendments to the Territorial Zoning Act, to ease investments in construction, said the Minister of Investment Planning Ivan Danov. 

There will also be a new package of laws on city planning and urbanization in that regard. 

Bulgaria's state budget loses BGN 2B annually due to VAT fraud, according to data of the Economic Research Institute with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Taking into account the uncollected excise duty, losses swell up to BGN 4B per year, the Director of the Institute Prof. Mitko Dimitrov said, cited by Cross news agency.