News archive of March 2023

Exacta Survey: It is Impossible to Predict who will Win the Elections in Bulgaria

Five political formations are certain to enter the 49th National Assembly. The distance between the two leading coalitions is a fraction significantly smaller than the statistical error in similar studies. This makes it impossible as of March 26 to predict who will be first and who will be second.

Two bullets fired at building of Turkish opposition party

The building of a Turkish opposition party in Istanbul was hit by two bullets overnight, its leader said on Friday, in what she described as an attempt to scare party members ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month.

Slovenia’s inflation exceeds 10% again

Failing to reflect a slight drop in the euro area, the annual inflation rate in Slovenia picked up by another 1.2 percentage points in March to reach 10.5%. The rate's increase equals the impact stemming from a 49% year-on-year increase in electricity prices as price mitigation-measures introduced a year ago were partly scrapped.

Man, 53, arrested for sexual harassment of minor in Thessaloniki

A 53-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for sexual harassment of a minor.

The incident was reported by the parents of a 10-year-old girl who alleged that the man had made obscene gestures towards her.

The complaint was made to the child protection unit of Thessaloniki police, which is currently investigating the case.

Europe’s inflation eases to 6.9% as energy falls but food up

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency slowed to the lowest level in a year as energy prices dropped, but food costs were still on the rise, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to hike interest rates further.

Georgiadis: Export growth and competitiveness are the future

Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis on Thursday expressed his conviction that a competitive economy and exports - which export associations say are on track to reach 70 billion euros much sooner than the 2030 target date - are the future for Greece, "as this is the only way to avoid reliving the problems of the past."

Turkey Opposition Leader Blames Erdogan for Attack on Party Building

Meral Aksener (C), the leader of the opposition 'Good Party' (IYI) speaks at a press conference after election results in Ankara, Turkey, 26 June 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE/STR

"One-and-a-half months left to the elections, and our party building has been riddled with bullets from first to third floors following Recep's third threat," Aksener told a press conference after the attack.

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