News archive of March 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged NATO allies to increase defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product, and asked each country to have a plan in place to fulfill funding commitments by the May 25 NATO leaders summit.

Former Bosnian Serb Army officer Ostoja Stanisic was sentenced to 11 years in prison for assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995, but his deputy was acquitted.

The two leaders agreed that the current government can not handle the problems of the country and the only solution is for the SYRIZA-ANEL government to leave office.

The meeting started at mid-day and it was Mitsotakis’ initiative. It is planned to meet with all the leaders of the opposition except the leader of the Golden Dawn, Mr. Michaloliakos.

Villagers in the Black Sea province of Rize have been on the watch for bears exhuming bodies out of graves, blaming environmental projects that change the balance of nature and affect the habitat of the animals, which subsequently leads to their aggressive manners.

The tamer was attacked by one lion at first, but then at least one more took part in the attack. A series of repeated attacks followed, while the audience was watching in horror before fleeing the circus.

The man was saved his assistants with serious injuries but his life is not in danger.

The incident took place in Ukraine.

In the current political crisis, "Macedonia's most important interest is that 'the Tirana Platform' does not take hold."

A large number of weapons and rocket launcher ammunition has been found in a house that was allegedly used by outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants in Diyarbakır's Sur district, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Security forces tightened their measures and precautions before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visits Diyarbakır on April 1.

Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said on Friday that the situation at migrant camps in Chios has reached breaking point.

Speaking to Parliament in the aftermath of a suicide attempt of migrant that set himself on fire, Mouzalas said "the situation on Chios is exceeding its limits."

A school janitor in the Derik district of the southeastern province of Mardin has been arrested over claims of sexually abusing 50 girls aged between eight and 12, Doğan News agency has reported.

The incident unfolded after one of the victims told her family that she was sexually abused by the janitor, 43, identified only by the initials M.Ş.Y., in her school. 

Being provocative in order to attract the attention of the public is a well known tactic. But this time these fellows went too far…

The people of the “Eckhaus Latta” company thought it would be a good idea to promote its new line of cloths by having the models take some practically pornographic pictures.