Military technology

Some public institutions of Romania are the target of a large-scale cyber-attack, said for AGERPRES the spokesperson of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), Sorin Sava.

“The battalion that operates in foreign operations will be the first to be equipped from this year with the M4 carbine, and will no longer use outdated Kalashnikovs,” Kodheli said in a speech marking the first 300 days in power of the Socialist-led government.

Anadolu Agency has faced 24 cyber-attacks so far this year, mostly from the U.S., Canada and China, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said on July 4.

In reply to a written parliamentary question by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy Özcan Yeniçeri, the agency has taken measures in order to advance Internet security infrastructure since January 2014, Arınç said.

Police camera footage, which has recently been added to the investigation file on the shooting of a civilian at a cemevi in Istanbul last month, shows that the policeman fired his gun despite warnings from his colleagues.

As many as 48 people are still missing in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, following the tragic events of May 2, in which 46 people were killed.

"Apart from the 46 dead, another 48 people were reported yesterday as missing. Two dozen unidentified dead bodies are still lying in morgues”, a local TV station cited by Interfax reported.

A new mining law being considered Romania will allow for the reopening of some of 550 mines closed over the past years for economic reasons and because they relied on outdated technology.

Gergo Gergov, Mayor of Bulgaria's northwestern city of Vidin, has reported an unsuccessful report on his life.

Speaking at an extraordinary press conference on Sunday, he announced that a Molotov bomb had been placed overnight under his car parked in his yard.

The official websites of the Russian president and the Bank of Russia became target of a series of coordinated cyber attacks by hackers, officials said Friday.

"A powerful attack on the site is ongoing," a spokesperson for the Kremlin said Friday. "Measures are being taken to restore the normal functioning of the site."