News archive of August 2018

This is what President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, adding that he "believes we will not get less than what Serbia had been offered."

In an interview with Pink TV, Vucic pointed out that, while at it, "we are not fighting against the Albanians, but against many Western countries who are behind Kosovo's independence, including the United Kingdom."

The first legal suit against the Greek authorities over the disastrous fires in Attica last week that killed more than 90 people was lodged on Wednesday by relatives of the victims.

President Erdoğan attended the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP İsmail Göksel's funeral ceremony at the Turkish Parliament on August 1. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)

Turkey's majestic Mount Nemrut, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the southeastern Adıyaman province, continues to draw thousands of Turkish and international tourists hoping to experience its stunning sunrises and sunsets.

An extraordinary museum in the Turkish capital Ankara takes visitors on a long journey of chess through the ages.

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Open air rock paintings in the world's driest desert pay testament to the importance of the llama to millennia-old cultures that traversed the inhospitable terrain.

Conservationists working in Chile's Atacama Desert want UNESCO to recognize the Taira Valley drawings as a heritage site so they can develop sustainable tourism in the region.

Coast Guard boats and three vessels belonging to the European Union border monitoring agency Frontex on Wednesday were scouring the Aegean Sea north of Samos amid reports of a smuggling vessel in the area.

Greek factory activity grew steadily in July, with production and new orders increasing, leading companies to hire more staff, a survey showed on Wednesday.

THIS is the dramatic moment panicked tourists on a Ryanair holiday jet to Ibiza exited using an emergency chute after a passenger's mobile phone battery exploded and caught alight as it was about to take off.

Holiday-makers could be seen falling over each other in a bid to get away from the aircraft as quickly as they could after the inflatable slide was activated.

At least 85 people were injured after an Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames, officials said Tuesday.