News archive of August 2017

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday stressed that Croatia will press on with the construction of the construction of the Peljesac Bridge despite Bosnian objections.

The Greek Police will in the coming weeks be conducting a training exercise in the center of Athens to test the emergency response to terrorists, Kathimerini has learned.

French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Greece on the eve of the prime minister's customary speech at the opening of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is a move tied to our internal politics because the opposition will criticize the agreement made by the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition with the institutions, as our high-level visitor will praise the country's prospects.

In the non-fatal day of the fatal date September 13, we invite you to the solo exhibition of Borjana Ventzislavova, where together with the artist we will dive through the prism of her teenage life at the end of the political age of the socialism, coupled with lots of new-wave.

The Queensferry Crossing, one of the most modern 207-meter-long, three pillar bridge, was put into operation in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.

The value of the facility is GBP 1.35 Billion pounds (USD 1.7 billion), and its projected lifetime is 120 years.

Turkey has criticized a fresh indictment from the U.S. Justice Department against Turkish security personnel accused of assaulting protesters during a Washington visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May.

Conflicts in the Middle East have increased the export of Bulgarian weapons by almost 60% in 2016, reaching record levels not seen since the end of Communism.

According to official data, our country has exported goods worth more than € 1 billion in 2016, compared with € 642 million in 2015 and € 402 million in 2014.

According to preliminary data the foreign direct investments in the non-financial sector as of 31.12.2016 amounted to EUR  23 491 million, which is 1.4% more compared to 2015, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Aug. 30 went on the offensive against "fake news" in the Israeli media implicating him in alleged corruption cases.

"The 'fake news' industry has reached a record level. The aim is to secure indictments, at whatever price and quickly, against me," he told a meeting of activists of his rightwing Likud party near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.

Officials in Harris County early Thursday reported two explosions and black smoke billowing from a flooded chemical plant about 25 miles northeast of Houston, FOX News reported.