Geneva

Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti was chosen on Nov. 4 to head the CERN particle physics research centre that houses the giant LHC “Big Bang” machine, making her the first woman nominated to lead a top global scientific institution in the field.

By Stathis Kousounis

Hotel rates in Athens and Greece in general continue to be very competitive this month, according to online travel booking site Trivago.

The European Commission has announced EUR 24.4M from the EU budget for urgently needed Ebola research.

Antoaneta Vasileva, wife of Tsvetan Vasilev - majority owner of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) was questioned in the Sofia Investigation Service in connection to a money laundering investigation, reports Dnevnik.bg.

She was summoned as a witness in the case investigating the purchase of a CHF 20 M house at the shore of the Geneva lake by herself and her husband.

London Heathrow airport has cut about 10% of incoming and outgoing flights with the 20 biggest carriers on Tuesday as the tail-end of hurricane Conzalo slammed into Britain.

Heathrow said the cancellations were precautionary and were prompted by the need to increase spacing between aircraft landing and taking off as winds of up to 112 km/h were expected to sweep the runways.

Bulgaria's politicians must show humility, work hard, make five promises and keep them, said Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev at a meeting with Bulgarians living in Geneva.

He said he was hoping that the political elite forsakes partisan behaviour and aggression and starts working for more democracy and more transparent and efficient state institutions.

GENEVA - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic attended the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) dedicated to gender equality in Geneva on Monday and said that Serbia is committed to the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of violence against women.

GENEVA - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and her Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta expect the forthcoming visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade to offer an opportunity for enhancement of cooperation and improvement of relations.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev will go on an official visit to Switzerland on October 13-14, the press center of the President's Office announced.

Swiss, the airline of Switzerland will start flights between Zurich and Sofia as of next year's summer, said the company in a statement on its website.

From the start of the 2015 summer schedules, Swiss will be supplementing its traditional hub concept with a new point-to-point system and expanding its Zurich-based European network through the addition of 22 new destinations.