News archive of January 2020

Bulgarian police has launched a special countrywide operation against speeding today, which will last until 7 February, said the press office of the Veliko Tarnovo Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, quoted by Focus News Agency

The December 1989 Revolution is emerging as the main theme of Timisoara 2021- European Capital of Culture (ECC), especially for foreign tourists, while the Timisoara 2021 ECC Association also wants the expansion of the extra-seasonal must see events to attract tourists throughout the entire year, Simion Giurca, Timisoara 2021 ECC Association tourist consultant said on Friday.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash-hit musical about love's ability to conquer all will be on stage at Athens' Galatsi Olympic Hall as part of the Christmas Theater cultural program from February 1 to March 8, with the original West End cast appearing for the first time in Greece.

The Attica Regional Authority has announced it will hold a tender in 2020 for the creation of three waste and biowaste facilities.

The aim is for the facilities to be up and running in 2025 as part of the bid to reduce the volume of trash that is buried.

Bulgarian painter Stojan Donef presents his latest exhibition, "Journey 1990-2020," in the form of a retrospective at the Evripides Art Gallery. Since 1991, Donef has been living and working in Greece, dividing his time between Athens and the mountain village of Vytina in Arcadia. His paintings, which edge on surrealism and are inspired by the poetry of C.P.

Lara Fabian's concert scheduled to take place at the Olympic Stadium (OAKA) Indoor Arena in Maroussi, northern Athens, on February 1 has been canceled due to "unexpected developments related to the scheduling of the tour." This is a double disappointment for fans of the Belgian lyric soprano, as the concert had already previously been moved from December 12 to February 1.

The Friends of Music's Camerata chamber orchestra, conducted by George Petrou, will perform Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" in concert form at the Athens Concert Hall. The opera's music and songs were first performed by the ensemble in 2018, to concert-goers' delight .

Three terror suspects who were arrested on Wednesday, and are believed by police to have been planning a robbery, were remanded in custody on Friday.

State sell-off fund TAIPED has recorded strong investor interest in the concession of DEPA Infrastructure, the Public Gas Corporation offshoot that includes only the utility's infrastructure and of which 65 percent belongs to the state and 35 percent to Hellenic Petroleum.
The fund expects at least seven to eight bidders in the first stage of the tender.

Testifying on Friday in the probe of the alleged bribery scandal implicating Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, Greek politicians and doctors, deputy prosecutor Ioannis Angelis alleged that there was an organized plan to jail three politicians, including former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, on the eve of national elections last year.