14-08-2008 07:49

A recent, sharp decline in crime across the Balkans has turned the region into one of the safest in Europe, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report released earlier this...................................................

12-08-2008 08:16

Pepsi confirmed that it is negotiating the acquisition of the largest Serbian mineral water producer, Knjaz Milos. The Serbian firm's.........................................

07-08-2008 07:59

The Serbian privatisation agency on Tuesday (July 29th) launched the privatisation of JAT Airways, the state-owned airline. The government intends to..................................

31-07-2008 09:21

Scores of Bulgarians joined officials at a July 20th ceremony in downtown Sofia to wish their Olympic team good luck. "We hope to hear Bulgaria's national anthem all over the world," Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev....................................

28-07-2008 09:08

The Turkish energy company Calik Enerji won a tender by Turkmenistan's energy ministry for construction of a natural-gas power plant. The facility, with the capacity of 254MW, will be situated in the province of Balkhanabad...........................

24-07-2008 09:19

Famous Greek singer Nana Mouskouri says goodbye to fans in Athens with two concerts at the Herod Atticus Theatre on Wednesday (July 23rd) and Thursday. The concerts are part of her farewell tour of Europe, Australia...................................

22-07-2008 09:05

Unemployment in Bulgaria continued to drop, reaching a 6.2% average for the country in May, down from 6.5% the previous month, the Balkan nation's Employment Agency said in mid-June. Of the nearly 14,000 new job offers................................

21-07-2008 12:34

Romania's war on corruption is regressing on all fronts, a report by Belgian prosecutor Willem de Pauw, a noted European Commission (EC) adviser on fighting corruption, says. The report, which was written in November..................................

18-07-2008 07:57

Brussels, July 16 (BTA Corr. Atanas Matev) - The Committee of Petitions in the European Parliament discussed Wednesday a petition by Ivan Shumkov on behalf of Initiative Committee.....................................................

17-07-2008 07:57

Stari Grad Plain on the Croatian island of Hvar on Monday (July 7th) joined the UNESCO World Heritage List along with five other European sites. UNESCO added the island to its list because of its ancient history -- it was.............................