News archive of August 2020

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban considers that the censure motion lodged by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) is "over and done with" and that the Constitutional Court ruling will decide the course of this demarche. "From our point of view, the motion falls outside the constitutional boundaries and we consider that it would be right for no debate and vote to take place thereon.

The Ministry of Finance has submitted a bill incorporating a European Union directive on fighting money laundering and financing terrorism to public consultation until December 11.

Nineteen organisations from Southeast Europe have joined forces in a newly-established network that aims to advance the protection of digital rights and address the growing challenges posed by the widespread use of advanced technologies in society.

Greater Serbia dream not dead

For political scientists and scholars of grand strategy, political warfare has a precise definition.

The creation of a medical shield for action against COVID-19 in Europe was proposed by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in his speech to the leaders of the Strategic Forum in Bled.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on August 31 met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Boyce. The two talked in Bled before the start of the strategic forum.

A series of important road construction works, such as the extension of the E65 highway in central Greece, an undersea tunnel linking the Saronic island of Salamina to the mainland and part of the highway across northern Crete will be submitted for financing from the European Union Recovery Fund.

The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) will not attend the vote for the censure motion, the chairman of the formation, Kelemen Hunor, announced Monday. "We will not participate in the vote. If we end up at the vote, we will say: 'Present. Not voting'," said Kelemen Hunor, in Parliament, in the break for the plenum session.

The Turkish military has conducted more than 500,000 tests for COVID-19 on personnel to date, the defense minister has said.

"We are paying the utmost attention to prevent personnel in regions where military operations are taking place, on navy vessels, in air force fleet and Libya from the coronavirus," Hulusi Akar told state-run Anadolu Agency in an interview.

Ogün Samast, who murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007, completed his prison sentence given by the court after the assassination, according to Nedim Şener, a columnist for daily Hürriyet.

However, he will not be released on the grounds that he was convicted of another crime during his time in prison.