Eurasia Press & News

Revenues from Egypt’s Suez Canal have risen 9.7 percent this year to $4.17 billion, said the canal’s chief Thursday.

Liderii PSD au fluturat din nou sperietoarea motiunii de cenzura daca Guvernul nu va aloca bani primarilor social-democrati. Amenintarea a mai fost folosita de pesedisti la sfarsitul lunii iunie, pretextul invocat la acea vreme fiind o eventuala neadoptare a legii pensiilor.

Inculpatul va putea să negocieze cu procurorul o pedeapsă mai mică. Este doar una dintre schimbările, aprobate ieri de Guvern, care vor fi aduse noului Cod de Procedură Penală. Negocierea între cele două părÅ£i, inculpat – procuror, se va numi “acord de recunoaÅŸtere a vinovăţiei” ÅŸi se va aplica doar …

The military aviation services are observing two days of mourning, following the deaths of two pilots, killed on Monday (July 23rd) when their firefighting plane crashed while trying to put out a blaze caused by record heat on the island of Evia.

The High Judicial Council decided on Tuesday (July 24th) to appoint Slobodan Radovanovic as acting public prosecutor. Parliament relieved state public prosecutor Slobodan Jankovic and district public prosecutor Milovan Bozovic of their duties Monday.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Cecilia Sarkozy and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner became “honourable citizens of Sofia” on Tuesday (July 24th) , following an extraordinary session of Sofia’s Municipal Council.

OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut met with heads of the Kosovo parliamentary caucuses on Tuesday (July 24th) in Pristina. He assured them that Kosovo institutions would receive OSCE support even after the final status of the province is resolved.

Prosecutors on Tuesday (July 24th) ordered the release of a prominent Kurdish activist after she won a seat in parliament Sunday. Sebahat Tuncel had been indicted on charges of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party terrorist group.

Parliament announced to the international community on Tuesday (July 24th) that Serbia would take measures against any country that recognises an independent Kosovo.

The EU expects Macedonia to continue constructive political dialogue on key issues, the Stabilisation and Association Council (SAC) said in a statement Tuesday (July 24th) after talks with officials in Skopje.