News archive of August 2019

Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos has been appointed National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister's office, a post set up by the new conservative administration, the government announced Thursday.
Meanwhile, Panagiotis Kontoleon was named as the new head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP).

The Office for the Collection and Documentation of War Crime of the Kosovo municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica said on Thursday that it has filed 100 new criminal complaints against alleged Serbian war criminals to the Special Prosecution in Pristina.

Constanta City Hall has announced that this weekend, as well, the city's Ovidiu Square will treat people to an unforgettable atmosphere by outdoors concerts to be stage by Loredana, Mandinga, Smiley, Fly Project, Carla's Dream, Cargo, Vama, as part of the four-weekend One Festival.

The government has announced incentives for the use of motorcycle helmets that include cutting value-added tax on protective gear from 24 percent to 13 percent.

Newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said, adding that Russia will support "compromising and creative solution", agreed upon between Belgrade and Pristina, which Russia could defend in the UN Security Council.

Milestones often present opportunities and the upcoming 200-year anniversary of the start of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 could serve as an opportunity for a new beginning.

Verbal bullying, chest-thumping, crass populism veiled as blunt honesty, and divisive poison: Former alternate health minister Pavlos Polakis pulled out every weapon in the arsenal that defined his time in government.

The profits of Bulgarian banks continue their rise. In mid-2019 profits in this sector amounted to 469 million euro, which is 14.6 percent up on last year, the Bulgarian National Bank, BNB says.

Acting Interior Minister Mihai Fifor stated on Thursday, in regards to the information of the Interior Ministry report according to which deputy of the Olt County Police Inspectorate (IPJ) would have lied his superior in regard to the time when he learned about the disappearance of Alexandra Macesanu, that this aspect is to be established by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and

The government has adopted amendments to the Ordinance on the Terms, Rules and Procedure for Regulation and Registration of the Prices of Medicinal Products.

The rule is that a medicinal product cannot be sold at medical establishments at a price higher than the value paid by public money for the relevant medicinal product formed on the basis of a reference value.