Serbia cuts public sector salaries and pensions
Salaries in the public sector and pensions above 25 000 dinars (about 200 euro) will be reduced in Serbia following
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Month: October 2014
Obama congratulates Ukraine on ‘successful’ election
President Barack Obama has congratulated the people of Ukraine on ‘holding successful parliamentary elections’ Sunday, as a partial vote count
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International observers praise voting process in Ukraine, urge new parliament to advance reforms
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine have proven the country’s democratic commitments, according to an October 27 preliminary statement by the
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Borissov invites leaders of all parties in new Parliament for talks on alternatives for government or elections
The first sitting of Bulgaria’s new National Assembly on October 27 saw GERB majority party leader Boiko Borissov invite the
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Bulgaria’s new Parliament returns GERB’s Tsacheva to Speaker’s chair
Tsetska Tsacheva of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party was on October 27 elected Speaker of the new, 43rd National Assembly.
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Bulgarian President reiterates need for dialogue in address to Parliament
In his first address to the newly-elected 43rd National Assembly on October 27, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev outlined the major
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Protesters demand change to Bulgaria’s election law as controversial MP heads for new Parliament
Hundreds of protesters from the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil came to central Sofia for the opening of Parliament, and blocked
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Former Polish PM denies Putin proposal to partition Ukraine
Poland’s former PM Donald Tusk has never heard Russian President Vladimir Putin suggest the partition of Ukraine as a proposal
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Most euro zone banks deemed financially healthy
The European Central Bank says that most of the banks in the 18-nation euro currency bloc could survive a financial
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