:| World Bank to support Serbia with $580m | Fidesz wins elections with two-third majority | EU Ministers to reemphasize support to EULEX | Romania: Unemployment hits record high. Layoffs to continue | Meeting Italian and Albanian traders in Bari | FYROM:Macedonians want to join NATO but under constitutional name | Connecticut National Guard detachment sent to Kosovo | Malaysian businessmen urged to explore opportunities in Croatia | Foreign Affairs and General Affairs Councils meet in Luxembourg | Eventful week for Bulgarian foreign policy | TIKA finances Drina bridge renovation in Bosnia | HR/EUSR welcomes prospect of NATO MAP | Albania: Visa-Free travel faces further delay | Patients’ health endangered in Gracanica | Lissovolik: New agreement on pensions and salaries | Radmanovic: Silajdzic violated the constitution | Serbian President visited the flooded areas | USAID, more efficient fight against various hazards | Ministry of Energy, Mining to hold press conference | Cvetkovic to meet with Italian Minister for Economic Development | Signing of contract on financing Serbian language textbooks for children in Diaspora | Cvetkovic to meet with his Bulgarian counterpart | Serbia, Italy to sign joint statement on using Drina River’s potential | FinMin visits Vagonka Nis | PM Cvetkovic visits Vulovic Transport company | PM Cvetkovic visits AmCham | Djelic signs agreement on scientific, technological cooperation | Tadic: Opposition's push for elections hurts stability |
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No volcanic ash cloud over Bulgaria
08:48 
08:56 | 
0 | BNR. Focus News Agency
The spreading of the volcanic cloud of dust forced Bulgaria to close a part of its air space on Sunday. Only the flying at an 8000 m height or flying level 285 was permitted. The Sofia and Plovdiv airports were temporarily opened at midday
EU cancels agriculture ministers meeting
08:50 | 0 | EUbusiness.com
The European Union has cancelled a meeting of agriculture and fishery ministers Monday because of air traffic disruptions due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, the presidency said.
Icelandic volcano ejects 140 mln cu m of ash
08:51 | 0 | Ria Novosti
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano has thrown out about 140 million cubic meters of ash over the past three days, Icelandic scientists said on Sunday.
Sofia Airport cancels morning flights
08:57 09:06 | 0 | EMGportal, Focus News Agency
Sofia Airport has cancelled three flights to Vienna at 8:35 a.m. and one to Istanbul/Malta at 7:50 a.m., it says on its website.
Dutch airline KLM makes ten test flights to assess volcanic ash impact
09:07 | 0 | Xinxhua, Focus News Agency
The Dutch Royal Airline KLM made further nine test flights on Sunday to assess the impact of volcanic ash clouds on aircraft, and all these flights have been successfully operated.
British Airways says test flight had no difficulties
09:09 | 0 | Reuters, Focus New Agency
A British Airways test flight, carrying five people including BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh, encountered no difficulties, the airline said on Sunday, as cited by Reuters.
EU countries' airspace remains closed, Transport ministers to hold videoconference
09:12 | 0 | Sofia News Agency, Focus News Agency
As of Monday morning, the airspace of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the UK remains closed.
Kuneva: Legislation monitoring necessary in transport crisis like current one
09:15 09:18 | 0 | Focus News Agency
It is necessary to monitor the legislation enforcement in a crisis like the current one, Meglena Kuneva, political adviser of European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas, says in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.
Airports in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv open
09:18 | 0 | Focus News Agency
The airports in the cities of Burgas and Plovdiv will be opened at 10:00 a.m. local time for 6 hours.
All Croatian airports except for Osijek open to traffic
09:21 | 0 | RadioNET
All Croatian airports, except for the airport in Osijek, that were closed due to air traffic problems caused by spread of the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland, were re-opened by 1500 hrs Sunday.
Over 400 flights cancelled in Russia after Eyjafjallajokull eruption
09:23 | 0 | Itar-Tass
A total of 411 flights have been cancelled and 77 more delayed in Russia’s airports as of 09:00 Moscow time on Monday after the eruption of a volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland, which began last Wednesday
Air traffic between Russia & Europe to be difficult for 3-4 days
09:25 | 0 | Itar-Tass
Restrictions on air traffic between Russia and Europe, imposed over the volcano eruption in Iceland, can last till the middle of the next week.
The volcano Eyjafjallajokull causes air chaos in Europe
09:30 09:35 | 0 | EMGportal
The Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Diego López Garrido, assured on Sunday afternoon that "we will work towards the progressive opening of European air space as conditions become favourable, as well as coordinating actions and decisions on a European level".
European experts predict lengthy volcanic ash chaos
09:32 09:34 | 0 | Ria Novosti
Reports from Meteorological Offices across Europe show that the Volcanic Ash cloud could hang over Europe for at least another 4 days
EU says half of normal flights may run Monday
09:39 | 0 | MIA
Some European airports were reopening to limited traffic Monday after volcanic ash forced their closures, a day after the European Union said that if weather forecasts confirm the skies are clearing, air traffic over the continent could return to about 50 percent of normal levels.
Romania's air space reopen partly on Monday
09:43 | 0 | EMGportal, Agerpres
Romania's skies partially reopen on Monday morning, at 9.00 pm /local time /, announced Secretary of State for Transport Anthony Marin.
IMF, EU arrival in Athens postponed
12:54 | 0 | ANA
The starting of scheduled consultations between the Greek government and the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund has been postponed for a few days due to difficulties in international airspace and the cancellation of flights.