Motorcade

Some 200 striking taxi drivers joined a motorcade across Athens on Tuesday, adding to the already considerable woes faced by commuters by the stoppage.

US President Joe Biden and the First Lady emerged unharmed after a collision involving a car and an SUV within the president's motorcade while stationed in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday night.

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITU) is gearing up for a protest motorcade in Sofia, titled "For higher remuneration with Budget 2024 and a clear and secure energy future of Bulgaria." Starting at 10:00 a.m. near the National Assembly building, the rally will be followed by another motorcade at 11:00 a.m., traversing Sofia's central boulevards.

Athens will be transformed into a fortress for the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday with the deployment of 3,000 police officers at all points along the route from Athens International airport to the center of the Greek capital.

Former US President Barack Obama was summoned by a court in Chicago after receiving a letter obliging him to become a jury in court for a case.

Obama, however, quickly left the courtroom after he was dismissed at random, as is the American practice, like many other potential jurors.

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Barack Obama is expected to meet with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Palace. The US motorcade has departed from the Asrteras resort hotel in Vouliagmeni and is expcted to shortly arrive.

Emergency traffic measures have taken effect in and around Athens in the wake of the arrival of US President Barack Obama, Wednesday, November 15.

Police said they moved Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his family to "a safe location" on Oct. 29 after uncovering a weapons cache including a rocket-propelled grenade launcher near his parents' home which he regularly visits. 

Romanian Senators have decided with 102 votes in favour and only 30 against to lift the immunity of MP Gabriel Oprea, the former interior minister, so he can face a criminal inquiry over his use of motorcades.

While denying wrongdoing, Oprea himself voted in favour of lifting his own immunity from prosecution.

Romanian General Prosecutor Tiberiu Nitu resigned on Tuesday, one week after anti-graft investigators said he made illegal use of official motorcades.

President Klaus Iohannis has accepted his resignation and is to make a new nomination.