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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks in Ankara on Sept. 12 to shape the strategy in the fight against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, as Turkey reiterated its readiness for 'merely humanitarian assistance' in the region, instead of getting involved in combat operations

There are 535 areas at risk of flooding in Bulgaria, according to an analysis of the impact of the Rural Development Program on the environment published by the Agriculture Ministry.

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Earth’s protective ozone layer is beginning to recover, largely because of the phase-out since the 1980s of certain chemicals used in refrigerants and aerosol cans, a U.N. scientific panel reported Sept. 10 in a rare piece of good news about the health of the planet.

Deputy Development Minister Gerasimos Giakoumatos told Parliament on Thursday that decisions regarding non-performing loans would be announced by the end of October, as opposed to September, as initially expected.

Fifteen students enrolled at the Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands were submitted to Cephalonia’s Argostoli Hospital with food poisoning symptoms on Tuesday.

The students reportedly became ill after having lunch at the campus restaurant.

BELGRADE - Agreements on the first part of the Japanese government's aid for Serbia's flood recovery, worth EUR 166,418 in total, were signed at the Serbian government building on Wednesday.

The World Health Organization has released a global report on suicide prevention and it shows that each year more than 800,000 people take their own lives — about one person every 40 seconds.

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The internal diseases service of one of Istanbul’s largest public hospitals has been closed due to a mange epidemic, most likely caused by a subcontractor worker.

Göztepe Training and Research Hospital’s internal diseases department has been placed under quarantine and all patients have been transferred to other sections of the hospital after mange was detected in the service.

The former Bosnian Serb prime minister testified at Ratko Mladic’s trial in The Hague that he heard that individual soldiers committed crimes during wartime, but not the army itself.

Almost 15 per cent of Romania's 4.5 million children are also obese, the Eurostat report said, and the number of grossly overweight children has doubled over the past eight years.

"The main causes of obesity among children are unhealthy lifestyles and the consumption of junk food, which has replaced at least one regular meal a day for many," said Romanian doctor Gabriela Roman.