News archive of October 2018

Turkey has been given payment options in the contract for Russia's S-400 defense system purchase, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said yesterday.

Bilateral defense cooperation and developments in the broader region were at the center of talks between Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohammad in Doha Wednesday.

Kammenos, who is also head of the Greece's junior coalition partner, attended an international forum on security and migration.

The Japanese star who was in Sofia presenting her performance Alive Painting around this time last year is coming back. The reason is the great interest in the House of Cinema in December 2017 when the artist immersed the whole audience in stories, going through the whole spectrum of emotions to come out purified and still, reports TransmediumNews. 

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's first cousin also said that he "regrets not killing as many as he wanted to" - and that he is now "not afraid" of the special court (Specialist Chambers) set up for KLA crimes.

Russian Patriarch Kirill presented President Igor Dodon with a Russian religious order on Wednesday on the first day of the Moldovan leader's official visit to Moscow.

"His Holiness gave me the Order of St. Sergius de Radonezh, in the second degree, for the active support shown for the public initiatives of the Orthodox Church in Moldova," Dodon wrote on Facebook.

Four YPG members were killed after Turkish forces fired howitzer shells across the border into Syria's Ayn al Arab region, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Oct. 31.

Kurz will be received by President Aleksandar Vucic, and the two will discuss "bilateral relations, Serbia's EU path, migrations..."

Austria is currently holding EU's rotating six-month presidency.

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President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday in Suceava that the Greater Union should not be regarded as a "deserved inheritance or a well-deserved gift of history ," showing that Romanians should contribute to the project of an advancing Romania.

Greece's biggest toy retailer Jumbo said on Wednesday that its deputy vice-chairman has resigned and that the retailer has no knowledge or involvement in alleged irregular activities of the executive in a private capacity.

79% of the population of Bulgaria is against same-sex marriages. What do others in Europe think about this issue?