News archive of May 2019

The Amateur Film Factory, the project of renowned French director, screenwriter and producer Michel Gondry, landed in Cluj Napoca on the occasion of the 18th edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF), and will stay here for two and a half months.

The government on Thursday forced the departure of the chief executive officer of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA), Dimitris Tzortzis.

The Athens State Orchestra has invited critically acclaimed conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev to lead the ensemble - for the first time - in a splendid tribute to the classical music of his native Russia at the Athens Concert Hall on Saturday, June 1.

Elastic waists are a must at the annual Burger Festival, a celebration of the great American sandwich that has conquered the world. The festival brings together restaurants that specialize in burgers, as well as acclaimed chefs who will be taking the classic grilled meat in a bun to a whole new level.

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the Athens Digital Arts Festival will transform the recently revamped pedestrian strip of Miltiadou Street in downtown Monastiraki into an open-air film theater on Saturday and Sunday.

The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed a first-instance verdict, acquitting seven persons of charges for war crimes in the Kladanj area between May 1992 and July 1993.

Safet Mujcinovic, Selman Busnov, Nusret Muhic, Zijad Hamzic, Ramiz Halilovic, Nedzad Hodzic and Osman Gogic were all acquitted.

The Bosnian state court on Friday acquitted Nenad Perovic of helping another, unidentified soldier rape a woman in the village of Dobrasina during the night of August 2-3, 1992.

Perovic was also acquitted of sexually abused another woman the same night.

Three six-year-old children were injured during a demonstration before the Children's Day celebration on June 1st at Dorostol Stadium in the Northeastern Bulgaria's town Silistra. The city's police was demonstrating the capture of a criminal when an explosion of grenades injured two boys and one girl. The boys have burns on their feet and were given emergency medical help.

Pope Francis declared on Friday at the Cotroceni presidential Palace that a cooperation between the political, economic, social and spiritual forces must be created "to face the problems of this new phase of history." "In order to face the problems of this new phase of history, to find equitable solutions and to find the power to implement them, we must increase the positive collaboration betwe

The Catholic churches in Miercurea Ciuc will stay open all night for the pilgrims who would wish to rest or just step into the worship places on their way to the Marian shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc, where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Saturday, on the second day of his apostolic visit to Romania.