News archive of January 2019

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila will take the floor next week in the plenary sitting of the European Parliament to present the priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

On this day in 1992, the Assembly of the Serb People of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) established the Serb Republic - which became one of the two entities in BiH after the end of the war there in 1995.

A meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has been planned, but no date has been set yet, officials from the two countries have said, amid the former's negotiations with the United States over the withdrawal of American troops from Syria. 

Lawmakers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are entering the last phase of debate on constitutional changes to rename the country "Republic of North Macedonia" as part of a deal with neighboring Greece to pave the way for NATO membership.

The majority of enterprises in Greece are not interested in seeking new financing from banks, as they are concerned by the high interest rates and the pressure on their profits, according to a report by the Professional Chamber of Athens.

Residents of the central Athens neighborhood of Makriyianni near the Acropolis charge that a urban zoning "crime" is in the making with the recent construction of a series of 10-story buildings, mostly hotels.

For the first time in Turkey's local elections, a Russian-born candidate has been nominated independently to run for mayor of the southern province of Antalya's Alanya district. 

Electricity consumption increased by 0.75 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, according to Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry on Jan. 9.

Kolin İnşaat has transferred its 20 percent stake in İGA Havalimanı İşletmesi that operates Istanbul Airport to another shareholder, Kalyon.

Among those arrested is a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina who is considered to be one of the most important members of the gang, the daily said, citing South American media.

According to these reports, his name is Smail Sikalo, and he is associated with a group dubbed "America" - led by Serbs.