News archive of January 2019

The first of these countries is Palau, whose president is visiting Serbia.

It is expected that at this time it will be officially confirmed that Palau is withdrawing its recognition of Kosovo.

The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) on Jan. 20 distributed humanitarian aid to displaced families in Iraq's northern city of Halabja.

Bulgaria repatriated 894 illegal immigrants last year, less than half of the 2017 number which stood at 1,903, a report of the country's interior ministry revealed on Friday.

Among them, 332 foreigners were forcibly returned, 298 left within programs for assisted voluntary return, and 80 left voluntarily at their expense, the report said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveils her Brexit "Plan B" to parliament on Monday after MPs shredded her EU divorce deal, deepening the political gridlock 10 weeks from departure day, reports AFP. 

The world's 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, Oxfam said Monday, urging governments to hike taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality, reports AFP. 

A view of Mont Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on Jan. 20. Israel's military said its air defense systems intercepted a rocket fired from Syria on Jan. 20.

Amid speculation about his possible move to centrist Potami following his ejection from the Movement for Change (KINAL) coalition, Thanassis Theoharopoulos held his cards close to his chest on Monday, commenting that he has a "good relationship" with Potami and its leader Stavros Theodorakis.

In the wake of last week's murder of an inmate at the Greek capital's main Korydallos Prison and a recent spike in violence at correction facilities around the country, the Justice Ministry has called a emergency meeting with prison directors on Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating situation.

Medipol Başakşehir strengthened their position on top of the Turkish football league with 38 points after beating the rival Trabzonspor in their first match of the second half of the season.

As Greece gets ready for a political showdown this week over the Prespes agreement, we are witnessing a relentless, often cynical, maneuvering between parties, their leaders and even individual deputies. 

What is at stake is not only the ratification of the deal between Athens and Skopje, but also the potential redrawing of the domestic political map.