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A 33-year-old Albanian prisoner was found dead Sunday in Wing D of the Korydallos maximum security prison southwest of Athens.

Doctors are still searching for what caused his death.
 

Turkey seized smuggled goods worth over 3 billion Turkish Liras (some $630 million) in 2018, the country's trade minister has announced on Jan. 26.

Ensuring equal opportunities for women and men on the labor market is an important objective of the Romanian Presidency at the EU Council, said Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall, who represented the Romanian Government at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which took place between 22 and 25 January, being an annual event that gathers political leaders, diplomats, economists, representatives of

Bulgaria's appeal is for non-violence, calming the situation and for rapid democratization in Venezuela. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva in front of journalists in parliament in response to a journalistic question, reports Darik. 
 

Venezuela's president expressed his gratitude to Turkey, Russia and China on Thursday for their support after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself "interim president".

Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu participated on Thursday in the Forum on the Future of Learning in Brussels, underscoring that the Romanian Presidency at the European Union Council will pay a special attention to promotion inclusion, excellency and mobility.

A UN official on extrajudicial executions will be in Turkey next week for an international probe of last fall's killing of a Saudi journalist in Istanbul, UN sources told Anadolu Agency on Jan. 24.

Greece will replace Italy as the second oldest country in the world and oldest in Europe by 2030, market research provider Euromonitor International reports, adding that immigrants will be crucial for population gains in both countries.

Ruling leftist SYRIZA supports the "legitimate president" of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, a party official said on Thursday, following a planned meeting with the country's Ambassador to Greece Farid Fernandez.

The European Commission on Thursday took Britain to the bloc's top court for allegedly breaching rules on tax breaks in commodities trading, just two months before Brexit day, reports AFP. 

The commission, the EU's executive arm, said it acted because Britain has improperly broadened a Value Added Tax exemption to commodities that were not originally covered under decades-old rules.