Israeli Culture Week in Zagreb on May 25-30. The Israeli Culture Week will take place in Zagreb on May 25-30 to bring closer the culture, customs and magic of Israel to the Croatian public, the organizer of the event, the Israeli Embassy, announced on Tuesday. In six days we will present the best of Israeli. Read more…
Serbia
Possibility of opening Samsung Electronics centres in several cities in Serbia. Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Jovan Krkobabic received a delegation of one of the world’s largest companies, Samsung Electronics, led by Director for Europe Seok Pil-Kim and director for the region of Southeast Europe Seho Kim. Representatives. Read more…
Bosnia
Reservoir Capital completed concession contract for Cehotina HPP. Reservoir Capital Corp. has posted bank guarantees and signed a Concession Contract with the Government of the Republika Srpska (an autonomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina) for the 30-year concession to develop and build three run-of-river hydroelectric power projects on the Cehotina River. The three projects have. Read more…
Slovenia
Slovenian bathing water quality satisfactory. All Slovenian coastal bathing areas met the EU’s recommended water quality standards in 2012, according to the annual report of the European Environment Agency released on Tuesday. River and lake bathing areas meanwhile met the minimum water quality standards. In 2011, one coastal bathing area met only the minimum water. Read more…
Macedonia
GAC to address accession talks with EU candidate members in June. The General Affairs Council (GAC) has decided Tuesday to debate on the EU enlargement process and possible opening of Macedonia and Serbia accession negotiations at the last meeting of EU foreign ministers, which is to take place just a few days ahead of the. Read more…
Montenegro
Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro seek to reduce roaming fees. A meeting will be held in Skopje in July of representatives of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro on the possible reduction of roaming fees. The initiative, according to Macedonian press reports, came from the Agency for Electronic Communications of Macedonia (Aek), and the meeting will also be attended. Read more…
Croatia
EU demands on trade regime with Croatia media manipulation. Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers Chairman Vjekoslav Bevanda on Tuesday said that debates on the European Union’s demand that Bosnia should allow customs-free imports from Croatia and other EU member countries after July 1 were mere “media manipulation.” “That was just too funny”, Bevanda told. Read more…
Other Countries
Nabucco west project member-states adopt joint declaration. The governments of Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey adopted Tuesday a joint declaration stressing the potential of Nabucco to supply the energy markets of the Western Balkans and the Visegrad group countries (Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary) at the fifth Nabucco Committee meeting in Bucharest.. Read more…