News archive of August 2016
Croatian centre-back Schildenfeld returns to Panathinaikos
Croatian centre back Gordon Schildenfeld has rejoined Panathinaikos football club, according to reports coming out of Croatia. The reports say the deal is sealed and the 31-year-old player is expected to arrive in Greece to sign his new contract after the match of his current club Dynamo Zagreb with Dynamo Georgia for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League.
Coast Guard officers rescue 34 migrants off Lesvos
Coast Guard officers rescued 34 migrants from a dinghy spotted off the coast of Lesvos on Monday following a weekend that saw virtually zero arrivals to the island.
The migrants were transferred to the island's reception center at Moria.
The influx of migrants into Greece has picked up since July 15 following a failed coup in neighboring Turkey.
Turkish opposition lays criticisms over gov't plans on army
Turkey's opposition parties voiced their diverse opinions about the third state of emergency decree law which would put the army under civil control, with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) arguing that the changes would subordinate the army under political rule and thus cause it to lose its command capabilities and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) along with the Peoples' D
Pope Francis: Islam is not violent
Pope Francis said Sunday that Islam could not be equated with terrorism and warned Europe was pushing its young into the hands of extremists.
“It’s not true and it’s not correct (to say) Islam is terrorism,” he told journalists aboard the papal plane during the return journey from a trip to Poland.
“I don’t think it is right to equate Islam with violence”.