News archive of December 2016

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament on Wednesday concluded its regular autumn session by passing a series of bills.

It passed bills amending the law on the salary system for public sector employees as well as the laws on public media services and provisional regulation of the method of collecting subscription fees for the public media service.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, on Wednesday welcomed a decision by a part of Srpska lista members of the Kosovo assembly to again leave Kosovo's institutions.

Speaking to reporters in Belgrade, Djuric added he expected those who had meanwhile assumed office contrary to the policy of the Serbian government to resign irrevocably.

The road linking the towns of Aytos and Karnobat in Southern Bulgaria was briefly reopened to traffic and then closed.

The blockade was lifted for nearly an hours to enable part of the james vehicles to move through. 

We might be freezing in Greece, with temperatures below zero and snow all around the country, but sexy Brazilian Victoria Secret model Sara Sampaio put on her swimsuit (not all of it…) and flaunted her figure in Mexico. The hot 25-year-old Brazilian shared her topless pics on a surf board with her instagram fans on a beach with some friends.

The new baby granddaughter of Tom Hanks has been seen out in public for the first time.
The as-yet-unnamed new baby was being carried by her proud mother Tiffany Miles.
Tom’s son Chet Hanks, 26, was not with mom and daughter as they ran errands on December 13 close to Tiffany’s home in Indio, California.

photos: Coleman-Rayner 

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told newspaper “Kathimerini” that the government was negotiating with the institutions to extend the automatic fiscal contingency mechanism (known as the cutter) beyond 2018 in an effort to reach a compromise.

In the last few days, Syria and Turkey have experienced dramatic developments on a massive scale. The prevalence of Syrian troops in Aleppo with the support of Russia and the execution of the Russian ambassador in Ankara are directly connected, marking both the beginning of a new period in Syrian-Turkish relations but also in the relationship between Ankara with Russia and NATO.

The year began with protests against pension reform and ended with the government handing a 617-million-euro bonus to pensioners. In general, 2016 had a back-and-forth feel about it. The government wrapped up the first program review but failed to conclude negotiations on the second assessment. They will drag on into 2017.

Usko arrived at Arcturos in July 2015. He was only 3 months old. He had been discovered by members of an environmental organization based in Skopje, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), suffering from severe spinal injuries. He couldn't stand up and was clearly in a lot of pain.

Police in Brazil believe that Greece's ambassador to the country was killed by his wife's lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects, authorities said Friday.