Religion

The leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt appealed on Thursday to the members of National Liberal Party (PNL) of Romania to save the identity of Romanian liberalism and make a correct decision in this sense at the party's congress at the end of this week.

Turkey’s media watchdog has fined a religious television program for “corrupting religious feelings” due to its host’s allegedly overfamiliar addresses to his aesthetically-enhanced female guests.

The mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki, Giorgos Kaminis and Yiannis Boutaris, have joined forces in an appeal for cremation to be allowed in Greece, an option that has been enacted by law but never fulfilled amid opposition from the Church of Greece, among others.

The towering cross in the Aerodrom municipality of Skopje, which was sanctified this week, is a cultural artefact and not meant to cause religious or ethnic offence, said Todor Petrov, the head of the World Macedonian Congress, the NGO behind its construction.

“The cross is not erected to provoke and it is not an anti-Albanian or anti-Muslim symbol,” Petrov said.

Sometimes the three most unrelated words can tell you a lot about a country when they are found on the news on the same day.

BELGRADE - This year's Days of the Organ international festival - Dies organorum - will open in Belgrade on late Wednesday.

Moroccan women protested outside parliament on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Islamist premier Abdelilah Benkirane after he urged women to stay at home and look after their families.
      
"Benkirane get out! Morocco is not for you!" were some of the slogans chanted by the protesters, who numbered about 100, and also waved placards and frying pans.
      

BiH's monuments from Ottoman era returning to their old glow

With assistance from Turkey, the reconstruction of historic and religious landmarks is under way in BiH.

With the placement of the first cornerstone on June 1st, the reconstruction of the Aladza Mosque in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) took on significance, both symbolic and tangible.

Christian Stoinev, a 22-year-old of Bulgarian origin, impressed the jury at the reality show America’s Got Talent with his acrobatic performance.

Stoinev, a 5th generation circus performer, is the son of a Bulgarian immigrant to the United States.

Turkey and India share some common wedding traditions. No wonder some families in India started to choose Turkey for their wedding ceremonies Wedding ceremonies are important anywhere in the world, but if we talk about weddings in India; that is a case apart. The very basic fact the global gold market keeps an eye on India’s wedding season is revealing enough for itself.