News archive of May 2019

A man's body was found on Thursday at "Studen Kladenets" Street in Ruse. This is reported by the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior in the Danubian town.

The man was naked to the waist and had body injuries. An investigation was carried out and he was identified. It turned out he was a 51-year-old man living on the same street.

Opposition New Democracy on Friday announced the names of eight new candidates who will be running on the conservative ticket in the July 7 snap elections.

The names include Kathimerini analyst Babis Papadimitriou, former TV presenter Constantinos Bogdanos and soccer player Takis Fyssas, who was on the national squad that gave Greece the 2004 Euro Cup.

An Ankara court has held the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and the district of Etismesgut Municipality responsible for the killing of an Iranian national by stray dogs, fining them 234,000 Turkish Liras (approximately $39,700) in total.

Graduates protest in front of the Ministry of Education and Science. The reason is the English matriculation. According to the students, the exam was with unclear and confusing questions.

Greek retail sales by volume rose 4.6 percent in March compared to the same month last year after an downwardly revised 3.1 percent decline in February, statistics service ELSTAT said on Friday.

Retail sales were led higher by fuels, lubricants, supermarkets, furniture and household appliances.

The conditions for hiking in the mountains are bad, announced the Mountain Rescue Service at the Bulgarian Red Cross. In the high parts of the mountains it is misty with a weak wind. Temperatures are between 5 and 10 degrees. Lift facilities in resorts don't work. There are no recorded tourist incidents over the past 24 hours.

Turkey defeated Greece 2-1 in friendly match late on March 30 in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.

With a growing number of smokers switching to IQOS, a tobacco-heating device which delivers a nicotine hit without actually burning the tobacco, the Papastratos production facility in Aspropyrgos is playing a significant role in turning the country into a major export center for Philip Morris International, Andre Calantzopoulos, the chief executive officer of US multinational Philip Morris Inte

Pope Francis has arrived at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, where he was welcome by President Klaus Iohannis. AGERPRES (RO - author: Florentina Peia, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Greek-American lobbyist Andy Manatos of the firm Manatos & Manatos has responded to a US Justice Department act aimed at cracking down on violations of lobbying rules by registering as an agent acting on behalf of Cyprus' government, Politico has reported.