News archive of November 2016

A Greek court on Nov. 28 held the first hearing in a case regarding the potential extradition of eight Turkish military pilots who fled to the country a day after the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. 

Expanding its 2017 summer season flight itinerary, British Airways (BA) has included two direct flights from Heathrow Airport in London to Zakynthos.

Nicosia has reacted to controversial remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Tuesday slammed Cyprus for using its flag as representative of the whole island.

Montenegrin police arrested Miroslav Jovic, a Serb convicted in absentia in Croatia of committing war crimes against Croats during the conflict in the country in 1991, media reported.

Bulgarian lawmakers have agreed to keep health insurance contributions at a level of 8% of the monthly wage.

Putting the National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK)'s budget to a definitive vote, they have also retained the balance between shares of employers and employees in the contribution at 60% and 40%, respectively.

Twelve people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Tuesday when fire ravaged a dormitory for pupils in the southern Turkish region of Adana, local officials said.
The fire, which officials said was likely caused by an electrical fault, raced through the building’s wooden interior as panicked victims tried to jump from windows to safety.

German heavyweight airline Lufthansa cancelled a further 890 flights on Nov. 30 as pilots remained on strike in a long-running wage dispute.

ISAP electric railway train drivers will halt services Wednesday from 12 a.m. until 4 p.m. to demand a solution to what their union has described as an accumulation of unresolved problems.

ISAP services will be affected by more industrial action on Friday, December 2, after 9 p.m..

According to a new poll, most Germans have a critical view of the EU, with almost two thirds opposed to the organization's further enlargement.

Deutsche Welle is reporting that the TNS Infratest survey, commissioned by Korber-Stiftung, showed that 62 percent of Germans think the EU is "on the wrong path."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent assertion that the Turkish military operation in Syria was aimed at "ending the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad" has raised eyebrows in Russia, with the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry awaiting an explanation.