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19-year-old suspect arrested for managing illegal online gambling site

Police cyber crime officers say they have arrested a 19-year-old for managing an illegal online gambling site.

According to reports, the suspect provided information on his website in exchange for money regarding soccer matches that he claimed had been fixed.

Bucharest's City Hall offers summer camps to 1,000 pupils, students from Chisinau

Bucharest's Mayor Gabriela Firea, on an official visit to Chisinau, announced on Tuesday that 500 pupils and 500 students from Chisinau will benefit from camps during the summer season, according to a Bucharest's City Hall release.

US Ambassador stresses importance of ensuring Greece will exit crisis in 2018

The US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said yesterday that it was important "that this really is the year that Greece turns the page on the crisis period."

Serbian Security Service ‘Participated in Bosnia War Crimes’

A prosecution military expert told the trial of former Serbian State Security Service chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that their units were involved in the persecution and killing of non-Serb civilians during the Bosnian war.

Greek police arrest five men, confiscate weapons, far-right flags

Greece's anti-terrorism squad arrested on Tuesday five men suspected of participating in a far-right criminal group and of involvement in arson attacks and explosions.

Police said in a statement they raided eight homes, six in Athens and two in other cities, and confiscated petrol bombs, knives, hunting rifles and material that can be used to make explosives.

"Serbia-Croatia-Bosnia talks are never sweet and simple"

After the meeting, held in Mostar, Vucic said he found the fact that "today we have peace" to be the most important point, and described the talks between officials of the three countries as "never sweet and simple."

As he said, "today we have stability and we are strengthening trade and economic relations and connections."

A new government for Germany, and its role in the world

After five months without a government, members of the center-left SPD have now voted to join another coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. There has been no great sense of urgency in Germany. Its economy continues to grow, and its politics remain stable. Yet, the weakness of this latest "grand coalition" is bad news for Europe and for the world.

Greek railway workers, taxi drivers stage strikes

Greek train routes were suspended for the day Tuesday as railway workers staged a 24-hour strike to protest the privatization of the rolling stock maintenance company and a lack of staff.

The strike also affected the section of the Athens metro serving the capital city's international airport.

Norwegian Intelligence says Moscow Trains Strikes for Targets in Northern Norway

Norway's chief military intelligence chief Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde said Russia's military-space forces last year had been training to strike targets in northern Norway, the Independent Barents Observer reported on Tuesday.

Main opposition CHP talks poll safety with Felicity Party, HDP

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) representatives have visited the offices of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Felicity Party (SP) to convey their concerns over electoral safety in the upcoming Turkish elections.

Treading carefully

The barrage of significant developments in Greek-Turkish relations over the past couple of months - and especially the last few weeks - are ample proof that nothing can be taken for granted any longer.

PM Asks Romanian Authorities for Intervention to Stop Lorry Queues at Border

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has called for a swift intervention by Romania to solve the problem of queues with lorries at Rousse border checkpoints. This happened during a telephone conversation with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dunquila on 6th of March.