News archive of May 2017

Bulgarian State Railways (BSR) organizes attraction ride with a steam locomotive for Saint George's Day, Liana Pandalieva (BSR) announced,  according to Radio Focus .

She said that the train will start from Gorna Oryahovitsa railway station on May 6. She added that for the passengers will be provided small gifts and additional information.

BELGRADE - The developments in Macedonia are no longer just Macedonia's problem, but a problem for all of us who live here, Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has said, urging Macedonian citizens to solve problems peacefully.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will take part in an informal meeting of FMs of EU member states and candidate countries in Malta on Friday.

The Gymnich meetings are traditionally organised by the country chairing the Council of the EU, in this case, Malta, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

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MOSCOW - The release of former "Kosovo Liberation Army" leader Ramus Haradinaj is a politicised decision that is a testimony to Paris's double standards, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has told Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.

Lavrov and Vucic spoke on the phone Thursday on the initiative of the Serbian side, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Workers hit by lower living standards and high unemployment are expected to take part in May Day protests staged in Athens and other cities on Monday.

Greece's umbrella unions, the private sector's GSEE and the public sector's ADEDY, are organizing a rally at 11 a.m. in central Athens. It will start at Klafthmonos Square and end in front of Parliament on Syntagma Square.

Citing the lyrics of a popular Turkish love song, President Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 30 before departing for India that Turkey could "come overnight, all of a sudden without warning." He was referring to operations against the positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq and of the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions in Syria, (the YPG being the Syrian extension of

He has been admired and criticized, even ridiculed, like few other public figures in Greece; he returned to Greece from various academic posts abroad to become an economic advisor to then- Prime Minister George Papandreou at the beginning of the Greek financial crisis in 2004; yet he eventually turned into a harsh critic of his policies.

They were three. Abdullah, Şükrü and Hulusi.

Three young men with big hopes for the future.

All three from Kayseri.

All three had studied in Kayseri's most influential schools.

All three were close to nationalist-religious circles. 

They were good friends.

The European Union is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. It declared May 9 as "Europe Day" in a summit held in Milan in 1985, celebrated in member countries and member candidate countries. The day has also been celebrated in EU member candidate country Turkey since 2000 with concerts and activities, though this year it will be a "quiet" day closed to the public.

Was he back? Did he ever go? Indeed the parliamentary group meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on May 2 at the party headquarters will remove a source of deception and put an end to the era of the "impartial president" system after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally becomes an AKP member.