News archive of July 2014

Today's video features George Kotsiopoulos, E! fashion guru and stylist, who has created red carpet looks for, among others, Kristen Stewart, Julianne Moore and Zoe Saldana.

Killing of kidnapped teenagers condemned

ROME -- The Vatican has condemned the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, describing it as "hideous and unacceptable crime" and an obstacle to peace.

EU is neither dream nor nightmare - ambassador

BELGRADE -- Italy is on Tuesday taking over the presidency of the EU from Greece, and sees closer ties with Serbia and the Balkans as one of the presidency's priorities.

The executive board of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, decided on Monday that Victor Ponta would be the party’s candidate for the presidential elections, and an official announcement is to be made by the end of this month. 

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into custody for questioning, according to legal sources.

He is being investigated over alleged influence peddling, according to the BBC.

Hours earlier, it was reported that his lawyer and two magistrates had also been and interrogated as part of a corruption probe involving Sarkozy.

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said he hopes the Turkish hostages in Iraq will be released in the “near future; [hopefully] during Ramadan.”

Comprehensive efforts are underway for the release of 80 Turkish nationals in Mosul who were abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Arınç told reporters at a press conference late June 30.

As of today the top prices of mobile data roaming are by 50% cheaper within the EU. 

Instead of 45 euro cent per MB, the top price must not exceed 20 euro cents per MB. Phone calls and text messages are also cheaper. 

Data shows that since the European Commission started cutting the mobile data prices, the traffic has increased exponentially. 

By Pantelis Boukalas

Greece needs entirely privately owned banks if the country wishes to see its real economy return to growth.

No one questions the state’s right to have its say when it comes to crucial issues in cases where it is the lender’s majority stakeholder.

Coast guard patrols off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos managed to rescue a total of 50 undocumented migrants in two separate incidents in the early hours of Tuesday.