News archive of September 2015

Sectoral anti-corruption plans in the spheres of healthcare, energy, agriculture, transport, tax administration and customs authorities, are to be ready by end-October, according to a decision of the National Council for Anti-Corruption Practices announced on Wednesday.

Wednesday's meeting of the Council was closed.

Serbian president speaks with U.S. counterpart

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on Monday in New York during a reception organized by Obama.

The reception is organized on the occasion of the UN General Assembly session.

Serbia sends protest note to UN over Pristina's presence

The Serbian UN mission has sent a protest note to the international organization over the presence of representatives of Kosovo at a conference on terrorism.

The conference was organized by the United States.

Russia has informed Turkey about the airstrike launched in Syria on Sept. 30, a Russian Embassy official has stated.

"Today we informed the Turkish authorities about the military operation," Russian Embassy spokesperson Igor Mityakov told the Hürriyet Daily News, adding that notification was made through the embassy in Ankara.

Turkish police seized thousands of counterfeit money in an Istanbul-based operation before they were delivered to Germany.

Istanbul financial crimes police units stopped a foreign license-plated BMW upon a notice that large amounts of counterfeit money issued in Turkey would be transferred abroad.

Klelia Renesi, the sexy Greek actress is sharing her time between Paris and Athens, as she in a relationship with famous French singer Manu Chao. According to weekly Greek gossip magazine ‘Hello’, Klelia spent her short summer holidays on the island of Zakynthos with her French amore. The magazine says they are madly in love, with Klelia keeping her relationship away from media lights.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave his post as part of an "orderly transition," not immediately, marking a change in the U.S. position.

Russian warplanes have launched presision strikes on positions of the Islamic State group in Syria, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday.

Turkey's parliament will open its putative fall session on Oct. 1 in the absence of Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu. 

K?l?çdaro?lu will be traveling to Lyon in France on Oct. 1 as part of his election campaign, meeting Turks living in France and civil society representatives.

The U.S. embassy in Belgrade has stated that Ambassador Michael Kirby had not said what is attributed to him in a transcript published online.

The transcript in question is of a phone conversation between Bojan Pajtic and Lidija Udovicki.