News archive of August 2019

Eurovision 2020 Will be in Rotterdam

The finale of the Eurovision Song Contest next year will be held in Rotterdam.

The port city has won the honor of hosting a glittering event in a competition with Maastricht.

The 65th edition of the competition will take place in the Netherlands after its participant Duncan Laurence wins in Tel Aviv.

Kelemen Hunor designated candidate of UDMR in presidential elections

The Council of Union Representatives (CRU) on Friday, in Targu Mures, designated Kelemen Hunor as the UDMR's (Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania) candidate in the presidential elections, as this was the single proposal made by the Consultative Council, with the slogan to be "Respect for all!." "Ever since 1996, we have always had a candidate in the presidential elections, although it is very

Confusion as Turkey says Iranian tanker now headed to Lebanon

Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran was headed to Lebanon after changing course several times, although Beirut said it was not informed of the plan.

CoS discusses Thanou’s request to keep job until court ruling

A section of the Council of State (CoS) on Friday discussed a request by the former head and three more members of Greece's competition authority to remain in their post until the court has ruled about her case in December.

The court will announce its ruling by mid-September.

Unemployment in Bulgaria is Decreasing

More than 30% of workers in the EU countries had irregular work schedules, and 33% had so-called. "Floating" start and end of the work day.

The data is for 2018 and was presented at an international trade union conference in Sofia.

Ekaterina Zaharieva Talks with the Foreign Minister of Northern Macedonia

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva discussed the European perspective of the Republic of Northern Macedonia with her colleague Nikola Dimitrov. The two spoke in Helsinki during an informal meeting of the first EU diplomats with their counterparts from the six countries of the Western Balkans.

Piraeus Bank grows Q2 profit as bad debt provisions fall

Piraeus Bank grew second quarter net profit as provisions for impaired loans decreased, Greece's largest lender by assets said on Friday.

Piraeus Bank, which is 26.2 percent owned by the country's HFSF bank rescue fund, reported a net profit from continued operations of 20 million euros ($22.29 million) after net earnings of 14 million in the first quarter.

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