News archive of March 2018

The airport in the Swiss city of Geneva closed on Thursday due to bitterly cold weather that has hit many parts of Europe this week with snow and icy winds, causing travel chaos.

"Because of the prevailing weather conditions, Genève Aéroport is currently closed to air traffic until further notice," the airport said on its website, quoted by Reuters. 

Rome, one of Europe's most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the centre by 2024, its mayor has said.

Virginia Raggi announced the decision on her Facebook page on Tuesday, saying: "If we want to intervene seriously, we have to have the courage to adopt strong measures".

General practitioners (GP) in Sofia protest in front of the Ministry of Health.

The reason for the protest is the worsened working conditions in recent months. The main requests of the doctors are to reduce administrative activities and obligations, to pay for their social activities, to drop the reports with the notes of the cash receipts.

Turkish manufacturing activity expanded in February to mark a full year of consistent improvement, a business survey showed on March 1, driven by rises in output, new orders and employment.

Iraq’s foreign minister on Feb. 28 called on Turkish businesspeople and investors to participate actively in the reconstruction of the country’s economy, which is recovering from a nearly nine-year U.S.-led invasion that ended in 2011.

The direction of traffic on three key streets in the center of Sofia is changing from today, reports bTV.

The reversal concerns the central streets Pozitano, Kniaz Boris I and Alabin, and the key point of the changes is Lavele Street.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis has called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take action in response to a recent spike in anarchist-related vandalism and violence in the downtown area, accusing the leftists leader of "not doing his job properly."

European and U.S. officials are planning to meet in Berlin in March for talks on Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a German Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday, quoted by Reuters.

Another European diplomat said the meeting would take place on March 15.

Walmart announced Wednesday that it is raising its age restriction to 21 for firearm and ammunition purchases.

The company said in its statement that it made the decision in light of recent events and will try to implement this change "as quickly as possible."

A court in the eastern province of Van has filed a criminal complaint against the Family and Social Policies Ministry over its failure to follow a case regarding a 38-day-old’s baby death after sexual abuse.