News archive of August 2016

The unveiling of a monument honoring Croatian Ustasha terrorist Miro Baresic has been attended by two Croatian ministers, the N1 broadcaster has reported.

Baresic was jailed in Sweden in 1971 for the murder of Yugoslav Ambassador in Stockholm Vladimir Rolovic. Baresic was killed 25 years ago, during the war in Croatia.

26 people charged with storming into the Church of St. Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki and interrupting Sunday services appeared before the single Misdemeanour Court, Monday morning. Earlier the prosecutor had laid charges of abusive behaviour during religious worship and contempt.

Six Greek ministers and two deputy ministers are attending an intergovernmental meeting with Bulgarian cabinet members in Sofia alongside the two countries' prime ministers on Monday.

Greece's PM Alexis Tsipras is on a visit to Bulgaria on Monday.

The union representing Greek judges and prosecutors on Monday issued a statement, declaring that the vigor and morale of judicial officials would not be overcome by threats.

The statement followed an incident involving two burly men who threatened the mother of appeals court prosecutor Maria Troupi who has been involved in the case of the Noor 1 heroin smuggling ship.

Serbia's EU accession negotiations "can only be concluded once the arson attack on the German embassy in February 2008 is fully investigated."

This is what German Parliament member and Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the EU Gunther Krichbaum told the EWB website.

A court in the southern province of Adana ordered the arrest of a Syrian citizen on Aug. 1 for transferring nine Trinidadian citizens to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group.

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by ground fire in Syria following delivery of humanitarian supplies to Aleppo, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The three crew and two officers from Russia’s reconciliation centre were returning to base. The condition of those on board has yet to be established, the ministry said.

A ban on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holding a speech via videoconference at a pro-democracy rally in Germany's Cologne on July 31 has sparked a fresh row between the two countries. 

The charge d'affaires at the German Embassy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Aug. 1 over the ban on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's participation via videoconference at a rally in Cologne, Foreign Ministry sources have confirmed.

The charge d'affaires is expected to meet relevant diplomats at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in the afternoon hours.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov in Sofia on Monday for talks that are expected to focus on cooperation in the energy, transport and defense sectors.