News archive of December 2017

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Wednesday received a first visit from Cuba's newly-appointed ambassador to Serbia, Gustavo Trista del Todo.

BELGRADE - The president of Serbia's national council for coordinating cooperation with the Russian Federation and China, Tomislav Nikolic, and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin met on Wednesday to discuss Russian FM Sergey Lavrov's upcoming visit to Serbia for the commemoration of 180 years of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Russia.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received Azerbaijani Ambassador to Serbia Eldar Hasanov on Wednesday to discuss all aspects of bilateral relations and possibilities for improving them.

They highlighted the significance of economic cooperation between the two countries, with trade as a great potential, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Russia and Turkey have created conditions for launching the political settlement of the Syrian conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 30. 

A future without smoking is possible, Philip Morris International CEO Andre Calantzopoulos tells Kathimerini in an interview in which he notes that "today we have the scientific and technological ability to offer smokers better alternatives that have the potential to reduce the harmful consequences of smoking."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted bitterness over Former President and co-founding member of the longtime ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Abdullah Gül on Dec. 30, speaking in Kastamonu, for Gül's criticism on the latest emergency degree installed.

One of eight Turkish servicemen who sought protection in Greece in the wake of a botched coup in Turkey in the summer of 2016 was granted asylum on Saturday.

From today, in Pazardzhik has been declared a part-time disaster because of a problem with the transport of garbage. This was decided at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Crisis Headquarters for Disaster Protection. The disorderly situation is announced and will last until January 5 but can be prolonged.

The big arms deal between Moscow and Ankara is a fact, says BiT. Turkey has signed a deal with Russia on the purchase of C-400 missile complexes. The agreement is worth a total of two billion and a half dollars.

Part of the amount Ankara will pay on its own, and for the rest will take credit from Moscow.

Icebreaker Christophe de Margerie, carrying liquefied gas from Russia, has landed tonight in the port of the British island of Grane, reports investor.bg, referring to TASS. These are the first quantities of liquefied Russian gas that is received by the UK.