Medicine

German ex-Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher is no longer in a state of coma and has left the hospital in Grenoble, his family and manager have revealed.

"Michael has left the CHU Grenoble to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore", his manager stated, quoted by Sky News.

U.S. funds Day Care Center for Elderly

NIŠ -- A Day Care Center for the Elderly opened in Niš on Thursday and the official opening ceremony was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby.

NIS - A Day Care Centre for the Elderly opened in Nis on Thursday and the official opening ceremony was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby.

BELGRADE - Talks are under way with the European Commission, which has offered a donation for the purchase of anti-mosquito chemicals, following the recent floods that hit Serbia, said Dragan Ilic, director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia.

Bulgarian Sofia Emergency Care staff are protesting against the low salaries and the long-lasting structural problems in their unit again, Monday morning.

Despite the Health Ministry's promise to provide additional emergency care teams and to discuss an eventual pay raise, employees have been protesting all week.

Montenegrin authorities on Thursday said custom officials in the Adriatic port of Bar on Wednesday seized 250 kilograms of cocaine shipped from Ecuador, Latin America.

The ship was carrying containers from Ecuador to Montenegro’s neighbour, Albania. The cocaine haul was described as the biggest drugs bust in the history of Montenegro.

Researchers said June 4 they have found the first direct evidence that the potentially deadly Middle East respiratory virus, or MERS, jumps directly from camels to humans.

The virus has hit Saudi Arabia the hardest, killing 282 people out of 688 infected, according to the latest figures.

Police said on Wednesday that they arrested six men for drug possession and dealing in Attica.

Two 25-year-olds were caught in Peristeri, western Athens, in possession of a small amount of cannabis.

Another man was arrested in Monastiraki Square, where he was attempting to sell methamphetamine.

A 43-year-old was arrested in Palaio Faliro while in possession of cannabis.

Emergency care staff are on the streets again Tuesday to protest against the dire state of their unit.

The medics are determined not to let their newly appointed head Alexander Zlatanov assume his position, replacing Georgi Gelev, who was removed by the Health Minister.

British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed a $350-million deal with Adaptimmune to help develop and sell the biotechnology firm's cancer drugs, the companies said on Monday.