News archive of December 2016

BiH Intelligence and Security Agency eavesdrop on Serbian officials - report

BANJALUKA - The Republika Srpska public broadcaster RTRS reported Thursday it had obtained secret orders issued by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Intelligence and Security Agency (OBA) for eavesdropping on Serbian officials.

The operation has been underway for five months, the report said, and the RTRS website published scans of OBA documents designated as secret.

Bogoljub Karic returns to Serbia

Photo: Nebojsa Mandic

BELGRADE - Businessman Bogoljub Karic on Friday returned to Serbia following 11 years of absence from the country, after all investigations against him had been halted and an Interpol arrest warrant withdrawn three days ago.

Karic was welcomed at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport by family, aides and members of his party, the Strength of Serbia Movement.

National Museum to be reopened in 2018

BELGRADE - Reconstruction works at the National Museum in Belgrade are in full swing - the roof has been relaid with copper and all is proceeding as planned, even faster than we had expected, and I hope the reconstruction will be complete in late January 2018, Serbian Culture Minister Vladan Vukosavljevic said during a tour of the works on Friday.

Brazil police officer confesses to killing Greek ambassador

A Rio de Janeiro police officer confessed to murdering Greece's ambassador to Brazil, possibly at the direction of the diplomat's Brazilian wife with whom the policeman was romantically involved, Globo TV reported on Friday, citing police sources.

Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was missing since Monday night.

Reds second in Euroleague at halfway point

Olympiakos is joint second at the halfway point of the regular season with 10 wins from 15 games after downing Fenerbahce at home on Thursday, while Panathinaikos gave away a game it should have won at UNICS Kazan on Friday for its sixth loss.

Spaniards arrested for transporting migrants released

A Greek court on Friday ordered the conditional release of two Spanish self-styled activists arrested for allegedly trying to take a group of migrants out of the country.

Mikel Zuloaga, 61, and Begona Huarte, 59, were released on bail of 2,000 euros ($2,100) each pending a trial whose date has not been set, a coastguard source told AFP.

Putin: Russia will not deport US diplomats yet!…

In an unusual diplomatic move, the Russian President Vladimir Putin chose to deescalate the tensions with the US and decided not to deport the 35 US diplomats for now, as he was advised to do earlier today by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.

 

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