News archive of April 2017

Turkey's main opposition visits daily Cumhuriyet journalists, executives in prison

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on April 28 visited jailed daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives in Istanbul's Silivri Prison. 

CHP deputy leader Veli Ağbaba, Ankara lawmakers Necati Yılmaz and Şenal Sarıhan and Muğla deputy Nurettin Demir compiled a report with messages from the arrested journalists and executives after their visit. 

Six ISIL suspects detained in Turkey's İzmir over planned May Day attacks

Turkish police early on April 30 detained six suspected militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the western coastal city of İzmir.

The suspects were allegedly planning an act of terror targeting the May 1 International Workers' Day celebrations.

Votes stolen by election board, not in ballot boxes: Main opposition leader

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) of "stealing" votes in the April 16 constitutional amendment referendum, saying his party protected people's votes at the ballot boxes but could not foresee "thieving" by the YSK. 

Plamen Dimitrov, CITUB: ' I expect a Restart Of The Trilateral Dialogue'

According to the leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) Plamen Dimitrov, the system of social assistance must be reformed without a reduction of the financing; the poorest pensioners can receive a bonus through the pension system but through the social assistance system, according to BNR.

US Official Visits Macedonia After Parliament Violence

High-ranking US State Department official Hoyt Yee is expected during his visit to press for an end to the political stalemate in Macedonia and to the institutional blockade that has prevented the election of a new opposition-led government since the December elections.

Dacic: Europe will only be complete with Western Balkans

OSLO - In spite of all present turbulences, the project of European unification will be successfully completed only after a full integration of the Western Balkan region, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in Oslo Thursday.

Serbian delegation walks out of PACE session in protest

STRASBOURG - A Serbian parliamentary delegation on Thursday walked out of a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session in Strasbourg, France, in protest at a French court's decision to release Ramus Haradinaj, a former "Kosovo Liberation Army" commander charged by Serbia with war crimes.

Nikolic: Haradinaj decision political

BELGRADE - Following a French court's decision to reject a Serbian extradition request for Ramus Haradinaj - a former "Kosovo Liberation Army" commander wanted by Belgrade for war crimes against Serbs - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic sent a letter to French counterpart Francois Hollande, noting the decision was political and that it further solidified a belief there was no justice for Serb

Serbia failed to meet formal requirements - Colmar court

BELGRADE/COLMAR - The appeals court in Colmar, France, which on Thursday rejected a Serbian extradition request for Ramus Haradinaj, cited Belgrade's failure to meet procedural requirements as the reason behind the decision.

While noting that the Serbian request was not political, it said not all formal requirements had been met for it to be accepted.

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