Decades

On Sept. 19, another family joined a sit-in protest in southeastern Turkey outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition party accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.         

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has conveyed Turkey's intention to establish patrol bases with the United States in northeastern Syria in a bid to efficiently conduct ground patrol missions in the safe zone in the same way the Turkish Armed Forces has done in the fight against the PKK in northern Iraq.

Syrian children lacking Turkish-language skills will be put in special adaptation classes opened just for them where they will be provided Turkish language courses, before they integrate with Turkish students, a senior official from the Education Ministry has said. 

Turkish security forces detained nine people in Syria's northwestern Afrin district for their suspected links to the PKK terror group, a local officials said on Sept. 17.

Developments at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) confirmed that Greece's political landscape is gradually reverting to the traditional bipolar system of yesteryear, a system that came to an abrupt end with the country's financial meltdown.

An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed 24 people and injured 31 others, a health official said, but Ghani was unhurt according to an aide.

Over 10,000 persons toured on Sunday afternoon and on Monday the Ship "Mircea" which docked for the first time in a Danube port, in Tulcea, Public Relations Specialist Alina Davies told AGERPRES. "On Sunday, over two thousand of people toured the ship which docked in the Tulcea Port, and, on Monday, approximately 8,000 people came on board.

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked one of the greatest turning points in world history, seen by many as a bright new dawn for Europe and its path towards freedom and unification.

But three decades on from the event that set off the continent's path to the end of communism, nations are re-erecting metaphorical and literal walls, sowing division again.

Since July's general election, there has been a sense of optimism regarding the country's course, especially in business circles, inside and outside of Greece. As we learn in the first lessons in economics, "climate is everything." At the moment, we have a winning combination of trust and euphoria.

The funeral of prominent publisher Antonis Livanis, who died last week at the age of 94, will take place at Athens' First Cemetery on Monday, following a service at the capital's Metropolitan Cathedral.