News archive of August 2018

Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to lay out his government's main priorities for the post-bailout era at the first cabinet meeting following Tuesday's reshuffle.

As Turkey commemorates the 96th anniversary of the ultimate battle of its Independence War, renowned Turkish historian İlber Ortaylı has said the victory gave a message to the world that "we are here to stay," thanks to the "military and political prodigy" of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

The College of Veterinarians of Romania (CMVR) says in a release on Wednesday that no country around the world has specialists in African swine fever and no veterinarian is specialist in any certain disease, either.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey's economic infrastructure was strong enough to rid itself of the current turmoil, which has been recently targeted by speculators amid a raft of newly imposed U.S. sanctions.

The European parliament's committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, LIBE, will take a vote on Thursday on visa liberalisation for Kosovo, following a debate on the issue on Wednesday.

The rapporteur for Kosovo at the Parliament, Tanja Fajon, met Kosovo's Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, who went to Brussels to follow the process.

The US Air Force is to spend 40 million US dollars by mid-2019 on refurbishing an air base in Transylvania, Romania, a US Air Forces in Europe spokesperson told BIRN. 

The ancient city of Priene, which is dubbed the "Pompeii of Anatolia" due to its unique plan and well-preserved structures in the western province of Aydın, has seen an increase in the number of visitors after being included in the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage on June 6. 

No. 15 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has been eliminated in the second round of the US Open, a surprisingly early exit after his strong hard-court season.

The 20-year-old Greek was beaten by Daniil Medvedev of Russia, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

More than half of the residents of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) agree that the Balkan nation should join NATO and the European Union under the name "Republic of North Macedonia" as part of the deal signed with Greece in June, a recent poll has shown.

The intense buying activity of few market participants, particularly in the mid-cap category, led Greek stocks higher at the Athens Exchange on Wednesday, despite the cautiousness of European markets.

According to domestic analysts, the market is hoping for an upgrade of the Athens stock exchange by the FTSE and MSCI indexes, increasing capital inflow.