News archive of October 2017

I left my city but I couldn't leave my memories behind. I left the memories of what my life used to be and went into new one.

Written by: Jasmin Dijan, Belgrade

Nearly 62,000 people were killed in Brazil in 2016, a record for the South American state, a local NGO reported, quoted by mediapool.

The next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey.

The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has upheld orders to ban unfair practices of two telecoms issued by the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC). It is about the mobile operators BTK (trade name Vivacom) and Mobiltel (trade name Mtel), announced by the CPC, reports mediapool. 

The police in Novi Pazar, southwestern Serbia, on Saturday arrested 40-year-old E.T., an Albanian from Kosovo, on suspicion that he raped his own daughter.

The daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this on Tuesday, adding that the child is now 15, and has been the victim of repeated rape for the past four years.

Montenegrin Defense Minister Predrag Boskovic has announced that the airspace of Montenegro will be controlled by NATO members Greece and Italy.

Boskovic told the Montenegro’s state broadcaster RTCG that, with regard to airspace control, “the signing of an agreement is under way” with the Alliance and its members, Greece and Italy.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the ongoing civil war in Syria over the phone on Oct. 28, according to a Turkish presidential source.

As The Smiths once said “Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before.”

Conspiracy theorists are once again convinced that the world is going to end in the next few weeks.

It was supposed to happen in September, and then again at the start of October.

Obviously we are all still here – so those predictions clearly didn’t come to fruition.

Greece is a beloved destination and in addition to the more familiar islands, the mainland offers plenty of options for a classic Mediterranean holiday! You’ll find unspoiled fishing villages full of tranquil charm or a fulfilling city break. Enjoy a wealth of archaeological sites, fascinating culture, spectacular coastline and picture-perfect scenery!

Greek retail sales by volume rose 0.1 percent in August compared to the same month a year ago after an upwardly revised 2.5 percent increase in July, statistics service ELSTAT said on Tuesday.

Retail sales were led higher by furniture, household appliances, books and stationary, drugs and cosmetics, the data showed.