Social Issues

Increasing number of doctors "leaving Serbia"

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Medical Chamber last year issued 850 certificates of good practice which allow doctors to work abroad, a conference in Belgrade has heard.

Over 7,000 changes since submission of electoral roll

BELGRADE -- The Ministry of Justice has made over 7,000 changes in the unified electoral roll in the period from its conclusion on February 28 at midnight to March 13.

Montenegro's Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Predrag Boskovic, said on Thursday that at least 108 families, mostly from the Pec, Djakovica, Kline areas, wish to return to Kosovo in 2014 if the Montenegrin and Kosovo authorities can provide adequate conditions.

TV reporting on the Serbian election campaign has given a distinct advantage to the Progressive Party, research by the Bureau for Social Research, BIRODI, suggests.

The E Jona café is the latest addition to the posh Blloku neighborhood of Tirana, which is made up of hundreds of cafes, bars and nightclubs.

But, unlike anywhere else in the block, morning macchiato can also be ordered here in sign language.

New legislation will give financial benefits to war veterans, but it remains unclear how many people fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army and how much money they will get.

The social insurance for pension plans and unemployment is impossible at this stage, said Bulgaria's Minister of Labour and Social Policies Hasan Ademov.

The proposal for one percent increase in the sums deducted for pensions and unemployment benefits was made by one of Bulgaria's major trade unions, KNSB, last week. 

Dramatic difference between population census and voters’ lists Even 700,000 people more in voters’ list

In the general list of voters there are 6,767,324 registered citizens with the right to vote. That is by about 700,000 people more in relation to the population census from 2011 when that number was 5,940,816.

BELGRADE - The Anti-Corruption Agency and the Tax Administration of the Serbian Ministry of Finance inked an agreement on Thursday on business-technical cooperation which will facilitate and accelerate the exchange of data and activities in the domain of prevention of corruption and money laundering.

About 20 Ukrainians, residing in Bulgaria, staged a peaceful protest against Russia's invasion in Crimea, in the Black Sea city of Varna. 

The protestors were carrying Ukrainians carried the Ukrainian flag, blue and yellow balloons and signs saying “Russia is an aggressor”, reported Bulgaria's public TV channel BNT.