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Erdoğan files 1-million-Turkish Lira case against CHP MP for defamation

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a one-million-Turkish Lira lawsuit against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Engin Özkoç on accusations that he "insulted the president."

The lawsuit is due to his "impudent remarks" against the president, Erdoğan's lawyer Hüseyin Aydın said on his Twitter account.

Romania's hourly labour cost up over 12pct in Q4 of 2019

In Quarter IV 2019, the adjusted hourly labour cost (business days adjusted) registered a decrease rate of 0.27 percent compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 12.03 percent compared to the same quarter of 2018, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Thursday.

"If the Greek border falls ..."

"There is a triple network. The first is that the Greek government, unlike earlier, is determined to defend the external border of the EU.

Foreign minister travels to Croatia on Thursday for informal EU meeting

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is heading to Croatia on Thursday to attend the informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers, also known as Gymnich, in the context of Croatia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Hungary Confirmed the First Cases of COVID-19 in the Country

The information was released by Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Hungary confirmed the first two cases of the new coronavirus in its territory. Both infected people are Iranian students studying in the Central European country. This was announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, quoted by BTA.

No time to release a film: latest Bond delayed on virus fears

The makers of the new James Bond movie due for global release next month said on March 4 it would be delayed until November amid fears over the new coronavirus outbreak.    

The film, "No Time to Die", had been set to have its premiere in London on March 31, before its rollout worldwide in April.    

Coronavirus reached Bosnia-Herzegovina, authorities to issue official statement

According to the portal, the case was confirmed by the RS Ministry of Health.
There are no details yet on the person who contracted the virus, and the Ministry of Health announced at a press conference today at 9 o'clock that the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Alen Seranic, will address the public, RTRS reports.

Kikilias discusses need for coordination over Covid-19 with Spahn

Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias and his German counterpart Jens Spahn spoke on the phone late on Wednesday to discuss the need for better coordination and contact among EU member-states over the coronavirus outbreak, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported Thursday.

Denys Shmygal is Ukraine's New Prime Minister

Ukrainian parliament approved the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk. The decision was taken by 353 votes in favour and 226 against.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed Deputy Prime Minister Denys Shmygal as Honcharuk's successor. He criticized the cabinet, which was formed only six months ago. 

Perez de Cuellar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

Javier Perez de Cuellar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy in his Peruvian homeland, has died. He was 100.

Australia bushfires show clear climate-change fingerprint, scientists say

Devastating bushfires that swept Australia in recent months were at least 30 percent more likely as a result of climate change, scientists said on March 4, warning such fires may create unmanageable risks as emissions and temperatures rise further.

POST-REVOLUTION ROMANIA, 1990: Statue of V. I. Lenin in Piata Scanteii gets displaced

On March 5, two months after the events of December 1989 that toppled communism in Romania, a vestige of the late regime, a bronze statue of Vladimir I. Lenin, on the esplanade before in front of the Casa Scanteii, today's Casa Presei Libere, was removed from its pedestal. Since February, several dozen people had protested the presence of V.I.

Don’t Trust Serbian or Kosovo ‘Kings’ to Achieve Peace

Everyone, from Brussels to Washington, has enabled these two strongmen to continue holding their citizens in deadlock while simultaneously providing them with a chance to draft agreements in secret, without making much fuss at home, until everything is agreed and their patrons bless their heroic efforts.

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