News archive of January 2017

A woman has filed a complaint with German police alleging she was told to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was lactating.
Gayathiri Bose told the BBC she was “humiliated” by the experience and would explore formal legal action.
She said police at Frankfurt Airport were suspicious because she was carrying a breast pump but travelling without her baby.

Deputy President of the Serbian National Assembly Konstantin Arsenovic, died on Tuesday aged 76, the Assembly has announced.

Arsenovic, who was born in Gornje Koslje in western Serbia, was a graduate of the Military-Technical Academy, the High Military-Technical Academy, the Command Staff School and the School of National Defense.

For four years, 2000-2004, Michael Schumacher won everything with Ferrari in Formula 1. Now his 17 year old son, Mick Schumacher, is running with the European Formula 3. He is with Prema, a team that cooperates with Ferrari, something that makes everybody wonder if the story will repeat itself.

Austria is planning to introduce a ban on burkas. The full covering of the face will now be illegal at public places like state and municipal institutions, reported Nova TV.

The ban will be in force not only for burkas but also for niqabs which leave a slit for the eyes.

Garments which cover the entire body but not the face will not be banned.

A U.S.-backed coalition of Syrian Kurdish Arab fighters fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria has received U.S. armored vehicles for the first time and a promise of new American support, a coalition spokesman said on Jan. 31.

Syria warned on Jan. 30 that safe zones for civilians proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump could only be established in coordination with Damascus, as the plans would otherwise violate the country's sovereignty.

The announcement was made in Damascus by Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem during a meeting with the head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, Filippo Grandi.

The leader of the ruling Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea has been brought to court on charges of abuse of office.

„This case is based on false evidence," stated Dragnea to reporters on leaving the court room.

The case against him was postponed for February 14.

According to an announcement made by the Greek government, the country will have its own Space Agency. The objective, of course, is not to start any independent…space exploration program.

Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic said on Tuesday that Serbia remains a militarily neutral country.

Djordjevic made this statement during his meeting in Belgrade with Damon Wilson, executive vice president of the Washington-based Atlantic Council.

Police in northeast Attica will on Wednesday put on display the stolen items it confiscated from the gang known as the "Roma mafia," which carried out hundreds of robberies across Greece before it was unraveled last November.