News archive of November 2018

The European Parliament is calling for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old ethnic Greek man who was fatally shot by Albanian authorities in the southern village of Bularat at the end of last month in what was described by Albanian authorities as an exchange of fire.

Led by a horseman draped in a Greek flag, about 1,200 high school students marched through the northern city of Thessaloniki on Thursday to protest government efforts to end a three-decade-old dispute with the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

This has been stated by the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Igor Voronchenko.

"In line with the Montreal Convention and its paragraph 19, we will seek the closure of the Bosphorus in Turkey in order to force the Russians to understand what constitutes a violation of international law," Voronchenko said, according to TASS.

Turkey is striving to more effectively combat climate change and is aiming to obtain more financing to invest in solutions.       

European Parliamentarians adopted country resolutions on Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania on Thursday, underlining that each one must improve its results on issues related to judiciary and media freedom. 

The Government calls on the Romanian nation, at the opening of a "new century of real unity, in the fullest brotherly harmony, in tolerance and good neighborliness," reads the Alba Iulia Resolution, signed by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.

"For us, Morocco is a promising foreign trade partner, which is witnessing growing trade turnover in recent years. But there is still unused potential that we aim to develop. " This was stated by the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his meeting with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, Dr. Saad Eddine El Eddine.

Knickers the steer is the current obsession of the internet. The steer — which is basically a neutered bull — stands a whopping 6 feet 4 inches from hoof to shoulder and towers above other cows when he stands in an Australian field with them. His owner admits that the sudden surge of attention is inexplicable. 

Clashes broke out between members of far-right and anti-establishment groups in Thessaloniki, after the end of a student march to protest government efforts to end a dispute with the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Local media reported that hooded nationalists started throwing stones against opposing groups.

The Culture Ministry on Thursday condemned an attack on Wednesday night against a guard posted outside the Pnyx archaeological site by two masked assailants bearing sledgehammers.

In a statement, the ministry said it "categorically condemned" the assault in which the attackers threatened the guard and vandalized his sentry box though inflicted no injuries.