Serbian president Nikolić hands socialists’ Dačić mandate to form government
Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić handed a mandate on June 28 to Socialist Party of Serbia leader Ivica Dačić to form
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Year: 2012
Bulgarian Parliament approves Refuse Management Act
Bulgarian MPs passed on second reading on June 28 the Refuse Management Act, bringing to conclusion a legislative process that
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Hague court drops one Karadžić genocide charge, refuses 10 acquittal motions
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed on June 28 2012 Radovan Karadžić’s oral motion for a judgement
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Five million leva jackpot for grabs in Bulgarian state lottery
More than five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots of
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Bulgaria’s Media Wars 1: When the ink smears
The press barons of Bulgaria are whacking each other with rolled-up newspapers, figuratively speaking, in a media war with profound
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Bulgaria’s Media Wars 2: The bashing of bTV
The slogan of bTV, Bulgaria’s most-viewed privately-owned television channel, is “all points of view”. The channel, which ratings claim to
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Seven arrested in Bulgarian cigarette smuggling ring bust
Seven people were arrested on June 28 during a series of police raids aimed at busting a large cigarette-smuggling operation,
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European Commission proposes measures against tax fraud and evasion
Minimum sanctions for tax crimes, a cross-border tax identification number, a European Union tax-payer’s charter and stronger common measures against tax
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OECD warns that euro zone crisis is hurting immigration
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, reports Europe’s economic crisis is taking a toll on immigration, cutting
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