News archive of April 2019

Turkey and Iran on April 29 underlined intention to bolster bilateral relations and expand cooperation in the field of transportation.

The steel doors of the main entrance have been blocked by giant boulders for years. Photo: BIRN

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The steel doors of the main entrance have been blocked by giant boulders for years.

Hocak says that families like his migrated to Bosnia as part of a policy of the Austro-Hungarian authorities to resettle territories they had seized off the collapsing Ottoman Empire. [The Habsburg Empire occupied Bosnia in 1878 and annexed it in 1908.]

After World War II, Hocak's family moved to Vojvodina, seeing this region as more developed.

The IOM chief in Bosnia says it is time the country's state institutions took more responsibility for handling the flow of migrants and refugees crossing the country.

The statement released by the White House on onday's phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes no mention of a "working group" that's to be set up to discuss Turkey's acquisition of S-400 antiaircraft missile system from Turkey.

The two-time Grammy winners, Evanescence, return with a spectacular show and a first solo concert. Fans will be able to enjoy the band's biggest hits on September 11, 2019. The tickets will be available for sale on 30.04 for the fan club, and from 03.05 will be available for sale.

Some of the best examples of artwork from the Islamic world, including a portrait of the great Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, will go under the hammer at Britain's famous auction house Sotheby's on May 1.
The collection titled "Arts of the Islamic World" has 311 pieces that will find new owners in the auction to be held on May 1.

Greek director, screenwriter and producer Yorgos Lanthimos was selected along with US actress Elle Fanning and Italian director Alice Rohrwacher to be part of the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, the organizers announced on Monday.

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Lesvos on Monday night was felt around the island, Greek media reported.
According to the revised Athens Geodynamic Institute (AGI), the tremor's epicenter was located at the area of Lepetymnos in the northern part of the island, west of the villages Kapi and Kleio, at a depth of 17 kilometres.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos will visit three countries in the Persian Gulf from April 30 to May 3 to discuss developments in the region and the Eastern Mediterranean, the foreign ministry said in a press release on Monday.