News archive of August 2016

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to hold meetings with officials in Bulgaria while on a visit to its capital Sofia on Monday.

Tsipras is coming at the invitation of Borisov, with energy and migration expected to top the bilateral agenda.

Twenty-six people accused of storming into Thessaloniki's cathedral on Sunday, interrupting mass in a show of solidarity for those detained following raids on squats in recent days, faced a prosecutor on Monday.

Those detained include 19 women and seven men of whom 17 are Greek and the rest foreign nationals (from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Morocco).

Most of us have heard of the legend of ‘Big Foot’ roaming the wilderness in north America. Some photos or videos, of dubious authenticity, have even been released purporting to show the mythical creature. But we need’t go to myths to find the find the ‘real’ Bigfoot! Meet Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest feet in the world.

A total of 11 soldiers who were involved in an attempt to either capture or kill President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of the failed July 15 coup attempt have been captured in the southern resort of Marmaris.

Applications from all three bidders interested in a strategic partnership at Serbia's pharmaceuticals company Galenika "arrived in a timely manner."

They were also submitted "pursuant to requirements," a commission in charge of the procedure for establishing the partnership announced after the applications were opened on Friday.

Montenegro has committed itself to offering 400,000 US dollars in assistance to the government of Afghanistan in 2016.

This is the second aid package which Montenegro will offer the struggling country - despite huge budget gaps and struggles to finance its own army - after Podgorica last year donated another 400,000 US dollars to Afghanistan.

29-July-2016 12:33 NOVI SAD - Vojvodina Novi Sad drew 1-1 with Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk in Thursday's first leg of the third round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

According to exclusive information, Greek authorities are on high alert over concerns of a possible islamist terrorist attack in the country by ‘lone wolves’.

The wildfire raging across the north of Euboea is burning for a third day, with estimations putting the environmental catastrophe at nearly 20,000 hectares of forest lands burnt. The small town of Limni is still in danger, with the a boat anchored near the port of the lake in case an evacuation operation is necessary.