Berlin

Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. The strike came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory's Hamas rulers, despite U.S. appeals for a pause to get aid to desperate civilians.

With her ethereal stage presence, Berlin-based Swedish artist Molly Nilsson brings her empowering synth-pop to Athens' Death Disco venue (16 Ogigou) in mid-November. Nilsson tends to draw a goth/shoegazing crowd, although her music ranges from haunting introspection to radio bangers, with songs about love, isolation and loneliness. Tickets cost 20 euros from Viva's more.com.

Several hooligans were arrested, who threw firecrackers at the police and demolished shop windows.
Mostly younger men and teenagers pelted the police patrol with firecrackers, and several containers were also set on fire. During the intervention, the police confiscated several prepared Molotov cocktails.

On stage, the musicians of the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin still play in perfect harmony. But inside, they are reeling. The recent escalation of fighting between Israel and Hamas poses the greatest existential challenge yet for the music academy, founded to build bridges between young Israeli and Arab musicians.

The conflict in the Middle East has brought back into public discourse this oft-constructed and inaccurate dilemma about the West versus the "others." Greece is positioned without much effort on the side of the "West," an impulse that is largely correct, but not accurate in many respects.

Greek travelers are turning to European destinations off the usual list but more affordable, as shown by the air booking data for the upcoming national holiday on October 28.

Aegean Airlines has increased its number of available seats by between 18% and 20% on the international and domestic networks.

TIRANA - Representatives of Western Balkan countries, including Serbian PM Ana Brnabic, signed in Tirana on Tuesday an agreement on mutual recognition of professional qualifications of nurses, veterinary doctors, pharmacists and midwives.

TIRANA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Tirana on Monday she did not know why Albanian PM Edi Rama had called for imposing sanctions against Serbia, and noted the move was not in line with good-neighbourly relations or the Open Balkan initiative.

TIRANA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Tirana on Monday Serbia supported the concept of establishing a common regional market in the Western Balkans.

TIRANA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met in Tirana on Monday with Hungarian President Katalin Novak ahead of a Berlin Process summit, and noted that she expected "not so easy discussions" at the summit but that she would protect and defend Serbian interests.