Beauty and intellect could be a powerful combination for Serbia in the upcoming Miss World pageant.

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Six Serb political parties have registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) to run in the November 15th local election...

A family of nobles settled in Mostar following the fall of Herceg Novi to the Venetians in 1687. Though still owned by the heirs, their house is open to visitors.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Valentin Inzko urged officials in Mostar on Wednesday (July 8th) to speed up the mayora...

The event wich took place in the beautiful Turkish city of Cesme last June and saw Johanna, this year's Icelandic representative with the song Is it true? and Aysel the Azeri singer who represented Azerbaijan with Arash in Moscow and

In 1994, a little-known collective farm manager ran for the Belarusian presidency. His reactionary Soviet-style platform and flamboyant populism caused the Russian government at the time to dismiss him as a Zhirinovsky-like joker. But Alexander Lukashenko won, and despite Soviet-style

Russian modern art has done very well abroad in recent years, making millions at the world's top auction houses. But despite this international success, Russians tend to know little about their own contemporary art scene. This is especially true outside

Vasily Aksyonov, writer, died on June 6 at the age of 76. Best known for his "Moskovskaya Saga" (published in English as "Generations of Winter"), an epic novel charting the lives of several generations of a single Moscow family through

Just before he left for his visit to Moscow last week, U.S. President Barack Obama stirred controversy in the Russian press by describing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a man with one foot in the past. For many that seemed

Previous economic crises in Russia scared away some Western pharmaceutical firms, but at least one is seeing opportunities in the current downturn. Sixteen years after being approached by a delegation from St Petersburg that included a young Vladimir Putin, the

When you consider that most homeowners don't know too much about refinancing, we assume that people learn some of the key phrases that mortgage companies use to advertise their refinance programs. These phrases are things like "no cost", "no points",

The credit crunch is putting enough strain on households without having to worry about paying for speeding offences. In many cases the fines received are unexpected, as we grow complacent. However, there are numerous monitoring devices out there watching us,

Senior professionals at asset management firms think their ability toundertake business initiatives is hampered by the need for aggregation, theoperational process of pulling together data to support key investment, controland reporting functions, concludes a report.

The fair will take place in the new shopping center. VLADIVOSTOK, July 9, vladivostoktimes.com The International Consumer Goods Fair is to be held in Heikhe, China on July 16-20. The fair will take place in the new shopping center and

Deputies are to examine almost 50 items on July 15. VLADIVOSTOK, July 9, vladivotoktimes.com The Council of the Legislative Assembly has confirmed an agenda of July session of the Primorye Parliament. Deputies are to examine almost 50 items on July

The memorial will become a local symbol of family and marriage. VLADIVOSTOK, July 8, vladivostoktimes.com The first stone was laid down at the place of future construction of the monument to St. Pyotr and Fevroniya, who are regarded as a

One of cities of this district - Hunchun - have been competing with Suifenhe for Primorye residents for several years. VLADIVOSTOK, July 8, vladivostoktimes.com Presentation of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture (PRC) is to be held in Vladivostok. Over 100 representatives

The Post Office and BT have extended their long-standing relationship by a further three years, from September 2011 to the end of September 2014, meaning customers can continue to pay for and towards BT telephone services at Post Office branches.

Consumer Focus, the government-funded consumer champion which took on the role of Energywatch, Postwatch and the National Consumer Council, has added its voice to calls by the postal industry to bring forward regulatory change in the postal market as matter

The Luxembourg postal service, P&T, acquired seven new natural gas and hybrid vehicles this month in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint...