News archive of January 2017

The police in Belgrade announced on Tuesday that they arrested a 31-year-old woman, whose initials are J.J., for a string of robberies targeting taxis.

The police added that they identified a second suspect, also a woman, and are currently looking for her.

Greece has given investors until March 24 to submit binding bids for a majority stake in its second biggest port, Thessaloniki Port, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday.

The sale of the 67 percent stake in the port is a key term of the country's current EU/IMF international bailout, the third since 2010.

German Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a fine of USD 630 M to regulators in the USA and Great Britain as penalty for not being able to prevent suspicious deals for USD 10 M.

This is the amount that was practically laundered outside of Russia, reported Reuters.

Students, parents, teachers and neighbors gathered at the 15th Elementary School of Nikaia near Piraeus on Tuesday to welcome 38 children from a nearby refugee and migrant camp on their first day of classes.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as one of the threats to Europe, according to Donald Tusk.

Tusk, who is president of the European Council, made these statements "in a letter to national leaders before a summit that he will chair on Friday to prepare EU's future after Britain leaves," Reuters reported on Tuesday.

British Airways has launched direct summer flights to the Greek holiday destination of Skiathos, the island jewel featured in the smash-hit 2008 film "Mamma Mia!"

Opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers from the eastern province of Kars and southern province of Adana were arrested on Jan. 31, becoming the latest members of Turkey's third-largest party to be incarcerated.  

HDP Adana lawmaker Meral Danış Beştaş and Kars lawmaker and the party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen were arrested as part of a terror probe. 

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kars deputy and party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on Jan. 31, one day after he was detained for a second time following an objection to his release by a prosecutor that was seeking his arrest.

A tomato statue located at the entrance of the Mediterranean province of Burdur's Çavdır district was attacked with a gun on Jan. 31, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A signboard with the large tomato statue that says "Welcome to Söğüt town" was erected six months ago in the district, which is known for producing 70,000 tons of tomatoes on average every year. 

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which aims to pump Azeri gas to Europe by 2020, will cost 4.5 billion euros in total, the project chief has stated.