Tunisia

The three teams of students and professors with the Faculty of Engineering of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS) have ranked fifth, the best result of Romania in the history of participations in the Robotics European Championship - EUROBOT Robomovies 2015, which took place over May 21 - 24 in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland), according to a release sent AGERPRES on Tuesday.

A Tunisian soldier opened fire on colleagues at a military base in the capital Tunis on May 25, killing an officer and two others and wounding 15 more before being shot dead himself, Tunisian authorities said.

Tunisia has asked Italy to extradite a Moroccan suspected of involvement in the deadly attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis in March, the interior ministry said May 22.

Italian police said May 20 they had arrested a Moroccan suspected of taking part in the March attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis in which 21 foreign tourists were killed.

By Stathis Kousounis

The cruise sector in Greece will remain in positive territory this year, according to the estimates of the cruise sector expert at the Association of Hellenic Tourism Enterprises, Andreas Stylianopoulos, who foresees a healthy rise in passengers from the United States.

By Dimitra Manifava

The Greek economy could enjoy additional revenues of 250 million euros per year from olive oil exports if the commodity were utilized appropriately (i.e. not exported in bulk) and standardized in Greece with its own distinctive identity, according to a report by the National Bank of Greece.

Three hundred and ninety five Greek coasts and nine marinas won the international “Blue Flag” programme classification, placing Greece in third amongst 49 countries.

The Blue Flag is a voluntary eco-label awarded to more than 4000 beaches and marinas in 49 countries across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean.

By European Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos

The European Union and Egypt have a long-standing relationship. We face common challenges and we need one another to address them.

 Sector professionals fear reversal of growth trend unless a deal is reached with the country?s creditors

By Stathis Kousounis

Unless the government comes to some sort of agreement with the country?s creditors and is able to put an end to the economic uncertainty, Greek tourism?s positive course in terms of foreign arrivals is at risk of reversal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said May 2 that Israel had learned of "concrete threats" of terror attacks against Jewish or Israeli targets in Tunisia.