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More than a thousand journalists and supporters who insist that Tomislav Kezarovski is innocent - and that his incarceration is a blow to the freedom of speech - protested on Tuesday in front of the Court of Appeals before later moving in front of Macedonia's government building.

By Angeliki Koutantou

Timos Tzannes, owner of high-end watch and accessories stores in Greece, had last year penciled in a 25 percent rise in sales for the upcoming fiscal year. He had planned to distribute bonuses to staff for the first time since 2008.

"Trepca should not be condition for dialogue"

BELGRADE -- The EP rapporteur for Serbia has said he "hopes the first chapters in the EU-Serbia negotiating process would be opened during the first six months of 2015."

"Serbia made progress," says EP rapporteur

BELGRADE -- EP rapporteur David McAllister says the report on Serbia, that will be presented today, "is balanced and reflects the state of affairs truthfully."

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic Monday received Tim Cartwright, head of the Council of Europe (CoE) Office in Belgrade, and said during the talks that Serbia was counting on being assisted in the implementation of reforms in the country.

BELGRADE - A delegation of the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, headed by Minister Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic, will be on a two-day working visit to Hungary on Monday and Tuesday.

Bogosavljevic Boskovic will have a bilateral meeting with Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sandor Fazekas.

After last week's visit by the German and British foreign ministers, Bosnian leaders are mulling over a new text for the declaration that is supposed to set in motion a new EU plan for the troubled country, although two Serb political blocs are still in dispute over the issue. 
 

Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova announced on Friday that the division of the country into 9 tourist regions will take place until the end of January.

Angelkova said that the topic will be discussed in detail at the next meeting of the National Tourism Council which will take place next week, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has reiterated Bulgaria's support for the Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia.

Responding to a question of former Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin, Borisov stressed that the policy of the Bulgarian government on Macedonia was consistent and had remained unchanged.

Turkey, Macedonia co-operate to fight terrorism

The two countries agreed their security agencies will more effectively exchange information.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski speak to reporters in Skopje on December 23rd. [Tomislav Georgiev/SETimes]