News archive of October 2019

The government is fulfilling its promises, and GDP growth is the most prominent indicator of how the country is developing, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said before the beginning of a government session.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced at a government session that as of January 1, 2020, the country's minimum wage was 3250 kuna (435 euros). Since the beginning of the current government's term of office, the minimum wage has been increased by about 100 euros, MIA reported.

Nestled in the mountains above Los Angeles, the Getty Center is located in an area prone to wildfires but museum officials say its priceless collection is safe within the walls of a fireproof "beautiful fortress."

Anti-narcotics officers announced Thursday they arrested three people and seized 1905 kilos of cocaine in a major drug bust in Athens.

The ring members were identified as one Croatian and two Albanian nationals.

Transgaz has already completed 330 kilometers of the National Gas Transmission System on the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria corridor (BRUA) gas pipeline, a strategic project for the Romanian economy, said on Thursday Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban, who attended the inauguration of the gas compressor station in Podisor.

Serbian President made this statement on the meeting with the representatives of Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association of Serbia and the European Union (POSP).

Turkey's foreign minister on Oct. 31 voiced hope to his Iraqi counterpart that peace and stability are ensured quickly in the country rocked by anti-government protests.

Turkey will close out 2019 with positive growth figures, the country's treasury and finance minister said on Oct. 31.

Turkey's second-largest airport, and the 12th-largest in Europe, is looking to boost its total passenger capacity to 65 million annually by building a new terminal building in 2020.