Albanian national killed in SyriaTirana, 17 August 2014 (MIA) - One more Albanian national has been killed in Syria, bringing the death toll of Albanian Islamist fighters to ten, MIA reports from Tirana.
The 24-year-old man was killed on Friday in the fighting near Aleppo. He studied in Saudi Arabia, where he fell under the influence of the Jihadists, according to his uncle.
The official death toll of Albanians coming from the region while fighting for the Jihadists in Syria and Iraq is 36, seven of whom from Macedonia. ik/13:51
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Bulgaria to reach EU's 2011 GDP in 2091: professor
Sofia, 17 August 2014 (MIA) - Bulgaria would reach EU's 2011 average GDP in 2091 if it maintained the current tempo of two percent annual growth, said professor Boyan Durankev on Sunday while presenting the Charter for Free, Just and Solidary Bulgaria.
According to him, the system in Bulgaria must be changed, since it is "rotten, corrupt and atrophied", BTA reports.
"Bulgaria does not follow the European and world tendencies and has no long-term development strategy", stresses Durankev, adding the system works only in the interest of a handful of people.
He stressed the Charter, signed by intellectuals from numerous fields, is aimed towards all those "who do not want to see the same political players claiming that justice is impossible and people should accept the misery they live in". ik/13:39
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"Srbijagas" chief under U.S. sanction threat: paper
Belgrade, 17 August 2014 (MIA) - Serbian gas company "Srbijagas" chief Dusan Bajatovic could be included in the U.S. sanctions against Russian entities due to the Ukraine crisis, says Belgrade-based daily "Kurir".
According to the paper, Bajatovic could be sanctioned because he is a member of the supervisory board of Russian company "Sogaz", which is on the U.S. black list.
Besides a ban for operations of the companies in the United States, the sanctions include freeze of assets and accounts of their leaderships, including Bajatovic.
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