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Bohnet: New gov't to prove able for successful EU talks
BELGRADE - Germany will continue to support Serbia on its path towards the European Union if it meets the requirements of the negotiation framework, said director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for Serbia Henri Bohnet.
Serbia to have better business climate in several years
BELGRADE - President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Zeljko Sertic has said he is confident that Serbia will have better business climate and a well-developed sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, resulting in part from implementation of European standards, in the next few years.
EU invites proposals for Civil Society Facility programme
BELGRADE - The EU Delegation to Serbia has issued a new call for proposals that cover three topics, the battle against corruption, discrimination and cooperation between Belgrade and Pristina, with the total amount of grants available being EUR 2.4 million, according to what was said at the presentation of the invitation on Friday.
Interior Minister Denies Allegations in Human Rights Watch Report
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said he was surprised by the claims in the Human Rights Watch report on the country's immigration policies.
The report, which will be officially released next week claims that the Bulgarian border police was forcefully pushing back into Turkish territory asylum seeker and was beating and abusing them.
Serbia strongly condemns glorification of Nazi puppet NDH
CANBERRA – Serbia condemns in the strongest terms the recent celebration in Australia of the foundation date of the Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an event attended by a number of Australian officials, the Serbian Embassy in Canberra said in a release on Thursday.
Linta condemns discrimination against Serbs in Croatia
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta condemned on Thursday the discrimination against 14 Serb families in Croatia whose homes and businesses were seized at the end of the war in 1995 and allocated to Croatian nationals for temporary use.
MUP most responsible for asylum seeker position in Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbia's asylum policy still does not comply with the EU standards, and its priorities should be the adoption of a new law on asylum and the provision of capacities to meet the housing needs of asylum seekers, it was concluded on Wednesday in the panel discussion titled "Asylum in Serbia - problems and perspectives".
Bulgaria's Debt Was EU's Second-Lowest in 2013
The debt of Bulgaria amounted to BGN 14.733 B last year, as the latest statistics show.
The account deficit in 2013 was BGN 1.178 B, or 1.5% of the country's economy, according to data by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) cited by Expert.bg and confirmed by Eurostat.
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Environment Ministry to Fine 87 Municipalities over EU Program
Eighty-seven Bulgarian municipalities are to be fined over infringements related to the Environment Operational Program.
The penalties count reach a total of BGN 180 M (EUR 90 M), after abuse during public procurement procedures was found out by the Ministry of Environment and Waters, Investor.bg has reported.
Cas Mudde: EU Far Right Has No Convincing Economic Program
An interview of Novinite.com with Cas Mudde, an assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia (USA), on far-right and anti-establishment parties in the EU and their outlook for the upcoming European elections.