Monthly Archives: May 2021
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What explains the surprisingly high growth in 1Q21 in the CEECs?
This week in EEC This week, 1Q21 GDP breakdowns will be in the spotlight across the region. Poland should confirm its flash estimate of -1.2% y ... -
Kyle Larson wins Coca-Cola 600
Hendrick Motorsports now has the most Cup Series wins of any team in NASCAR history. Kyle Larson captured the team’s 269th victory Sunday night in the ... -
Knights tournament kicks off in Serbian fortress Smederevo for first time since pandemic
SMEDEREVO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – May 30, 2021) The medieval battle festival of Knights and Legends opened in the 15th-century Smederevo fortress in central Serbia, ... -
Al-Jazeera FC agree two-year contract extension with manager Marcel Keizer
Riyadh has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 World Fighting Games (WCG), an event featuring 15 combat sports and martial arts members of the ... -
China calls for support from Poland, Serbia after EU deal freezes
China and the European Union are partners, not competitors, and cooperation will help both sides, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Polish counterpart as the ... -
Belgrade sees the United States as an important pillar in the competition of the great powers | Voice of America
Two decades after a US-led bombing campaign on the Serbian capital, Belgrade, which helped end the Kosovo war, a senior Serbian official said his country was ... -
Last week in Slovenia: May 21-27, 2021
FRIDAY May 21 LJUBLJANA – Prime Minister Janez Janša warned of a snap election to be held during the Slovenian EU presidency in an interview with ... -
Unanimously – SNS and SPAS united – Politics
The main council of the Serbian Progressive Party took a decision on unification with the Serbian Patriotic Alliance. Source: B92 Saturday May 29, 2021 | 12:33 ... -
UPDATE ON THE DUTCH SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS PROCEDURE AND APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE
DGAP-News: Steinhoff International Holdings NV / Keyword (s): Miscellaneous28.05.2021 / 17:30 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this advertisement. UPDATE ON THE DUTCH ... -
The United States, a new market that Aberdeen wants to explore
A recruitment drive that started with well-known Scottish football players has spread internationally for Aberdeen. It’s no surprise that the United States football scene is shaping ... -
Form 8.3 Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings PLC
Shareholder Value Management AG (IDH) 28-May-2021 / 10:25 am CET / CESTBroadcast of a regulatory announcement, sent by EQS Group.The issuer is solely responsible for the ... -
Air Montenegro will be launched on June 10
Montenegro’s new national airline, Air Montenegro, will begin regular operations on June 10 with flights from Podgorica and Tivat to Belgrade. In order to launch the ... -
bne IntelliNews – Lukashenko in Belarus revealed he gave $ 1 billion worth of real estate in Minsk to influential Serbian family
Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko has ceded land in the capital Minsk to construction companies linked to controversial Serbian family Karic, new publication says Organized Crime and ... -
“ No real need for money, the investments will be strategic ”
Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal and Anurag Arjun co-founded Polygon (formerly Matic), a blockchain scalability platform in 2017. It was created to solve the problem of high ... -
Degenek’s star continues to rise in Serbia
A Set a small text size A Set the default text size A Set a large text size It is rare for a modern day footballer ... -
Hubert H. Humphrey scholarship program competition 2022-2023
The application deadline ended on August 15, 2021 The Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Belgrade is pleased to announce that we are ... -
Senior trade official visits Serbia to celebrate 140 years of trade and investment, announces increased US-Serbia trade engagement
Belgrade, Serbia US Department of Commerce (DAS) Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, David De Falco, leads a “virtual tour” to Serbia from May 25 to ... -
American billionaire: Mark Cuban invests in Indian cryptocurrency polygon
Planning oi-Sneha Kulkarni | Posted: Thursday May 27th, 2021 06:50 PM [IST] The entrepreneur has made an undisclosed investment in the IT business. Polygon, a blockchain ... -
Meet India’s First Crypto Billionaires
Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal and Anurag Arjun co-founded Polygon (formerly Matic), a blockchain scalability platform in 2017. It was created to solve the problem of high ... -
Billion dollar road to nowhere teaches Montenegro the real cost of Chinese loans
Two sleek new roads disappear into mountain tunnels above a sleepy Montenegrin village, the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar project funded by China that threatens to ... -
Montenegro learns real cost of billion dollar China-backed road to nowhere
An aerial view shows part of the new highway connecting the town of Bar on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro to neighboring landlocked Serbia (Bar-Boljare highway) ... -
Montenegro’s billion dollar road to nowhere, backed by China
A new road disappears in a mountain tunnel above a sleepy Montenegrin village, the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar project that threatens to derail the small ... -
bne IntelliNews – Lukashenko from Belarus revealed he gave $ 1 billion in Minsk real estate to influential Serbian family
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has handed over land in the capital Minsk to construction companies linked to the controversial Serbian Karic family, according to a recently ... -
A new Danube: embark east of Budapest to discover the wild side of this legendary river
The boat swayed as white-tipped waves slapped our hull before smashing onto the rocky shore. Nothing unusual about this on a cruise, but the vast expanse ... -
Serbian party wants to thank China with ‘Comrade Xi’ statue
First, billions of dollars of investment, then millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Now, there is a campaign for Serbia to thank China in a way ... -
Before you die | Complete list of characters and actors
Tonight, the all-new drama Before We Die debuts on Channel 4, a remake of the Swedish original, starring Lesley Sharp as Bristol-based Detective Hannah Laing. The ... -
EXIT Festival offers a vaccine against the coronavirus to artists and festival-goers
EXIT Festival has announced that it will offer doses of the coronavirus vaccine to international artists and festival-goers attending their event this summer. The Serbian festival, ... -
How to make the most of Serbia’s great outdoors
Anyone who fancies adventures that really take them off the beaten track will undoubtedly find what they are looking for in Serbia. Traveling the vast rural ... -
CEE MARKETS-Forint loses strength after central bank reiterates hawkish stance
Bloomberg Former high school classmates are among the world’s largest crypto holders (Bloomberg) – Kyle Davies and Su Zhu launched Three Arrows Capital at their apartment ... -
IMF to approve new PCI for Serbia in June
BELGRADE (Serbia), May 26 (SeeNews) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to approve a new policy coordination instrument (PCI) for Serbia in the second half ... -
Serbia to guarantee € 169 million in loans to Srbijagas for gas network expansion
BELGRADE (Serbia), May 26 (SeeNews) – The Serbian government plans to issue guarantees on loans worth a total of 169 million euros ($ 207 million) granted ... -
Footballers win their league’s Golden Boot and suffer relegation | Soccer
“Giorgos Giakoumakis finished top scorer in the Eredivisie (by a certain margin) but his team, VVV-Venlo, were relegated”, writes Willem Cleven. “Has a Golden Boot winner ... -
Statue of “Comrade Xi”? Serbia wants to thank its friends in China
First there were billions of dollars in investment, then millions of doses of vaccine. Now there is a campaign for Serbia to thank China in a ... -
Rio Tinto partners with InoBat
Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to accelerate the establishment of ... -
EEC-Forint markets weaken ahead of central bank rates meeting after strong gains
Bloomberg Old-school tycoons who made Hong Kong lose to rich Chinese (Bloomberg) – The prediction was vintage Jack Ma, as provocative as it is prescient. “This ... -
Rio Tinto partners with InoBat to explore innovative lithium battery initiative
Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a ... -
Canadian football stars transport equipment around the world. How times have changed
It wasn’t that long ago that just having a Canadian soccer player to cheer on in Germany, France, Scotland or Turkey was special. This month, a ... -
Maria Lumowa receives 18 years in prison and a heavy fine for BNI embezzlement case
Jakarta. The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Monday found Maria Pauline Lumowa guilty of bribery and money laundering and sentenced her to 18 years in prison for ... -
EEC MARKETS – Crown corporations, other currencies rise as dollar weakness remains weak
Bloomberg Secretive Hedge Fund ends long silence to face Japan icon (Bloomberg) – It was the rarest of public appearances. At the extraordinary general meeting of ... -
“All vaccines will be recognized” – SocietyEnglish
Europe is getting closer to summer travel: the question is whether those who have been vaccinated with Chinese and Russian vaccines will be recognized. Source: Tanjug ... -
2021 Business Process Management Market Competitive Analysis – IBM Corporation, OpenText Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Software AG, Tibco Software Inc., Fujitsu Ltd – KSU
The report presents an in-depth assessment of the Business Process Management Market including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator ... -
On 11th anniversary of Mangalore air crash, DC pays emotional tribute to 158 victims
On 11th anniversary of Mangalore air crash, DC pays emotional tribute to 158 victims On the 11th anniversary of the Mangalore air crash, Deputy Commissioner Dr ... -
Balkan Insight’s Week in pictures
Romanian Robert-Andrei Glinta competes in the men’s 50m butterfly of the LEN European Swimming Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, May 20, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE ... -
MODIFICATION OF THE FINANCIAL CALENDAR
Reuters Videos Biden, South Korean alliance against hail “I am honored to welcome President Moon to the White House …” South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited ... -
G7 countries agree to stop international funding for coal projects
The telegraph Pep Guardiola launches a humanitarian association to support projects in Great Britain and Catalonia Pep Guardiola will launch a humanitarian charity to support projects ... -
Kvika banki hf. will release its first quarter financial results on Thursday, May 27, 2021
Weekly MMA UFC Vegas 27 results: Widely beat Garbrandt for unanimous decision victory No.3 ranked bantamweight Rob Font earned a unanimous decision victory over no. Cody ... -
Invitation to the virtual annual general meeting of June 30, 2021
DGAP-News: AKASOL AG / Keyword (s): AGM / EGM21.05.2021 / 17:28 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this advertisement. AKASOL AG: Invitation to ... -
Europe signals tougher line on Beijing with frozen EU-China trade deal
The European Parliament voted to end a massive investment deal with China – a move following tit-for-tat sanctions and a protracted dispute over Beijing’s treatment of ... -
SES: “Speed of economic recovery in Italy and Germany is crucial for Serbia”
The President of the Association of Economists of Serbia (SES), Aleksandar Vlahovic, said today that the most important for Serbia is the speed with which the ... -
EEC-Forint markets, weekly zloty cap gains, Prague stocks outperform as CEZ stocks soar
Bloomberg China Property Giant billionaire founder dies of illness (Bloomberg) – The billionaire founder of KE Holdings Inc. has died of an unspecified illness, a shocking ... -
Serbia’s GDP to grow by at least 6% in 2021
BELGRADE (Serbia), May 21 (SeeNews) – The Serbian central bank, NBS, expects the country’s gross domestic product to increase by at least 6% in 2021, supported ... -
Democracy Digest: New NGO Laws Raise Concern in Hungary, Poland
New evidence emerges in journalist murder trial; Slovakia on the red list; no peace for a struggling coalition The Slovak Supreme Court has announced that it ... -
Which receiver will have the most fancy in Miami?
The week Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon joke about Greg Pence not voting on Mike Pence’s attempted murder resolution “Last night, the House voted 252-175 to ... -
If Russia acts aggressively, the United States will respond: Blinken
Bloomberg Race to avert disaster at China’s biggest ‘bad bank’ (Bloomberg) – It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing when the character inside ... -
Serbian fintech and ICT outlook for the UK market, by BSCC and Emerging Europe
Following the signing of a trade agreement in April between the UK and Serbia, the Anglo-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Emerging Europe, organized an ... -
EIB to finance construction of Serbian section of natural gas interconnector
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance the construction of the Serbian section of a 171 km natural gas interconnection between Serbia and Bulgaria. Loans of ... -
Balinese Hindu performs ‘humble’ funeral rituals amid COVID-19 – Lifestyle
Hindus in Bali believe that the Ngaben The ceremony is essential to free the soul of the deceased and allow him to enter their Sanggah Pemerajan ... -
Marko Grujic signs loan with 3rd goal of season – hints at transfer desire – Liverpool FC
Marko Grujic’s loan time at Porto has come to an end with the Liverpool midfielder scoring in a 4-0 win over Belenenses SAD, but he could ... -
DC Bill to Ban LGBTQ Panic Defense Delayed by Capitol Security
DC man arrested in August 2020 for allegedly threatening to kill a gay man outside the victim’s apartment in the city’s Adams Morgan neighborhood and who ... -
Gamaleya center approves production of Sputnik V in Serbia, official says
BELGRADE, May 19 / TASS /. The Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology has confirmed the quality of the Sputnik V vaccine produced by ... -
Sarajevo’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, enduring symbols of the tragedy of war
On May 19, 1993, Brkic and Ismic decided to flee to the Serbian-controlled side of Sarajevo and from there to move towards Serbia. Ismic left a ... -
Trump’s legal bomb? 45 ‘could be involved’ in Giuliani probe
The daily beast Trump rejected calls for Rudy Giuliani’s help as federal circle In the weeks since Rudy Giuliani’s apartment and office was raided in late ... -
We are borrowing more and more from banks
At the end of April of this year, the total debt for unpaid bank loans in Serbia stood at 2,958 billion dinars and was 12.2% higher ... -
Likely lineups, predictions, tactics, team news, and key stats
Manchester United will aim to return to victory when they host Fulham at Old Trafford on Tuesday. There are only two rounds of matches left for ... -
Palm Beach County resident sentenced to 24 months in prison
Dusko Bruer pictured with one of his yachts and his Lake Worth property. (Facebook via Bruer, Southern District of Florida | United States District Court) Palm ... -
CEE MARKETS-Forint hits nine-month high as China banker says rate hike possible in June
May 17 (Reuters) - The Hungarian forint hit a nine-month high on Monday after the deputy governor of the central bank said that from June it ... -
How China reset its image via foreign media during the pandemic
By Jesusemen Oni, Adrianna Zhang, Milan Nesic, Jonathan Muriithi In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China sought to block news of the rapidly spreading ... -
Saudi author takes an intimate look at death in praised novel
MAKKAH: 12-year-old Ritaj Al-Hazmi won the title of “youngest writer in a series of novels” in the world with the Guinness World Records after publishing two ... -
Montenegrin environmentalists denounce Chinese pledge to repair damage to UNESCO river
PODGORICA – Ecological concerns are mounting on a stretch of a new billion-dollar highway through a scenic river canyon at the confluence of competing influences in ... -
bne IntelliNews – Money laundering drives up property prices in Western Balkan cities
The real estate and construction sectors are used to launder illicit money from drug trafficking and migrant smuggling in the Western Balkans, leading to rising house ... -
Serbian pavilion at Venice Biennale 2021 reflects on present and future of industrial cities
Serbian pavilion at Venice Biennale 2021 reflects on present and future of industrial cities Municipality of Bor. Image © MuBGD Share Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ... -
Big power wants to withdraw NATO forces from Kosovo – EURACTIV.com
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, with on-the-ground coverage by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you ... -
Disney cuts exclusive cinema window in half for ‘Free Guy,’ ‘Shang-Chi’
GlobeNewswire Metamaterials Market Research Report By Technology, By Application, By Vertical – Global Forecast To 2025 – Cumulative Impact Of COVID-19 Metamaterials Market Research Report By ... -
Mitsotakis meets his Serbian counterpart
“We look forward to welcoming Serbian tourists to Greece this summer,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said when he met Thursday with her Serbian counterpart Ana Brnabić, ... -
Veljko Paunovic makes Reading FC transfer admission ahead of summer window
Veljko Paunovic admits Reading FC may need to consider loan deals and free transfers to strengthen the squad this summer. Paunovic is looking to build on ... -
New regional online platform to connect Balkan businesses
Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIS) President Marko Čadež announced that a new regional online platform will be launched at the upcoming Western Balkans Summit ... -
How China Used Foreign Media to Reset Image During Pandemic | Voice of America
WASHINGTON – In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China sought to block news of the rapidly spreading virus, detaining those who tried to speak ... -
Large feathers escape wildfire in Los Angeles County as evacuations are ordered
The telegraph Prince Harry speaks in the ‘Therapy Speech’, so how would a therapist decode what he is really saying? After years as a senior therapist ... -
American Idol contestant quits show after racist video aired
The telegraph Prince Harry speaks in the ‘Therapy Speech’, so how would a therapist decode what he is really saying? After years as a senior therapist ... -
Ciphr launches a free secure communication application to integrate into existing services
Bloomberg Power outages threaten the western United States this summer as the heat awaits (Bloomberg) – They hit California first, then Texas. Now, blackouts threaten the ... -
Republicans vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from GOP leadership
The daily beast Indian generals denounce government for denying military aid to its own people Samuel Rajkumar / Reuters NEW DELHI – With India ravaged by ... -
6 Liverpool stars put up for sale by Jurgen Klopp in the transfer window
Liverpool could raise substantial funds for incoming signings this summer in a bid to reclaim the Premier League title by putting six marginal stars on their ... -
Increased health commitment and commitment needed to clean air in Serbia
Author: Srđan Kukolj, Health and Energy Advisor for the Balkan Region, Alliance for Health and Environment (HEAL) The launch of the very first national air protection ... -
EEC MARKETS – Inflation worries push up Polish and Hungarian bond yields
Bloomberg Power outages threaten the western United States this summer as the heat awaits (Bloomberg) – They hit California first, then Texas. Now, blackouts threaten the ... -
Serbia plans to install floating plant for hydrogen production
Serbia’s draft hydrogen strategy is expected to be prepared by the summer, followed by a public debate. The plan is to give hydrogen an important role ... -
China strengthens Balkan ties using Serbian universities
BELGRADE – With a Chinese university project in Hungary sparking controversy over lack of transparency and concerns about academic freedom, Beijing’s influence in higher education in ... -
Can cash distributions stop Serbia’s immunization decline?
Serbia is offering cash payments to people who receive a Covid-19 vaccine before May 31 to boost its failing vaccination campaign. Unlike other countries in the ... -
Finance Minister signs agreements on 235 million euros in loans
Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali and representatives of the French Development Agency and the World Bank signed agreements on two loans – for the fight against ... -
French AFD and the World Bank lend 234 million euros to support Serbia’s green program
BELGRADE (Serbia), May 11 (SeeNews) – French development agency AFD has signed agreements to provide two public policy loans worth a total of 234 million euros ... -
Austria opposes ‘decoupling’ EU trajectory between Albania and North Macedonia – EURACTIV.com
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, with on-the-ground coverage by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you ...
