News archive of January 2019

Greece is feeling the full force of the cold weather front called "Rafael" descending from northern Europe with freezing temperatures, local storms, cold winds and heavy rains expected to cover the entire country, Protothemareported.

The number of trips to Bulgaria's mountains rose significantly, analysis of Eurostat about the development of tourism in 2017 show, reported the Bulgarian National Radio. 

Last year nearly 4.7 million personal trips to Bulgarian mountain resorts were made as compared to 2.9 million trips made in the previous year (2016), Eurostat data further shows.

The average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus stood at 1,827 euros in the third quarter of 2018 compared to 1,772 euros during the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 3.1 percent, according to provisional data published by the Statistical Service on Monday.

Once a capital of the late Ottoman Empire, Turkey's northwestern Bursa province looks forward to hosting visitors during winter break, with its leading winter tourism center of Uludağ and hot springs.

Greece's main opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit the German state of Bavaria on Thursday to address the special two-day session of Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary deputies in the town of Seeon.

Mali's government said that armed men attacked a central village, killing 37 civilians, in what appeared to be ethnic violence.

In this file photo taken on Nov. 16, 2018 Indian Hindu devotees are pictured at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala in the southern state of Kerala.

A fisherman had notified Turkish Coast Guard after he heard "children noise" on the sea at midnight off Turkey's Bodrum on Sept. 17, triggering a 1.5-hour-long operation in which 15 migrants, including children, were rescued

The contentious name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is expected to be ratified in FYROM's Parliament earlier than expected, possibly by January 10, meaning that the so-called Prespes agreement will come to Greece's House early too, likely triggering political developments.

Veteran theater actress and director Gülriz Sururi died on Dec. 31. She was 90.