News archive of May 2017

The total amount of water collected in major Turkish dams decreased by 30 percent in the first five months of 2017 compared to the same period of last year, raising the prospect of increased electricity prices in the future, daily Habertürk reported May 31.

Greek shipping magnate and owner of Olympiakos football club, Evangelos Marinakis has reportedly made the highets bid to buy out DOL media group. After the bids were opened it was revealed that Mr. Marinakis offered 22,892 million euros, compared to Cypriot Vegata that offered 21 million, while PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis gave 11 million.

Authorities say a pedestrian has died after being struck by a Proastiakos suburban railway train at a level crossing in the area of Sepolia, west of Athens city center, on Wednesday.

The woman was taken to the capital's Evangelismos hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She has not been identified.

It was a real-life battle of the superheroes at a comic fest over the weekend — when Hulk actor Lou Ferrigno got into a brawl with “Flash Gordon” star Sam Jones, and fans had to jump in and break them up.

''The introduction of e-prescription is expected to cost around BGN 12М, Konstantin Kachulev, chairman of the regional pharmaceutical association - Blagoevgrad announced, according to  FOCUS Radio - Pirin.

The U.S. Federal Reserve on May 30 fined German financial giant Deutsche Bank $41 million over failures to screen billions of dollars in potentially suspicions transactions.

The flow of refugees and illegal migrants into Greece is continuing, as 135 more arrived in the northern Aegean Greek islands over the past 2 days. Lesvos saw 54 refugees land on its shores, while 41 and 40 reached Samos and Chios, respectively.

Zoran Zaev said on Tuesday that his government would be devoted to economic development, strengthening institutions and Euro-Atlantic integrations.

"Our goal is to start negotiations with the EU in the shortest possible time, as well as membership in NATO," the PM-designate said explaining the government's program to MPs in parliament, asking for their support, Beta reported.

It really seems that vaping is not just a short term fad. Smoking e-cigarettes has picked up dramatically in the last ten years. According to Data by Wells Fargo and Agora Financial this year’s sales could reach $10 billion worldwide, a far cry from the mere $20 million in 2008.

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A total of 135 migrants and refugees have arrived on Greece's eastern Aegean islands in the past 48 hours, authorities said.

Fifty-four arrivals were recorded on Lesvos, 41 on Samos and 40 on Chios, authorities said.

A total of 9,171 asylum-seekers are currently stranded on the islands, according to official data Wednesday.