News archive of August 2014

The second ArtInternational art fair will be held at Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul from Sept. 26 to 28. Art enthusiasts will enjoy artwork from 80 different galleries from 24 countries around the globe, including Finland, the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Farzad Shafai, an Afghan refugee, arrived in Turkey four years ago. Against all odds, he managed to make it into university. Unending bureaucracy stands between him and his future

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Saturday his priority is that Romania should be assigned a 'substantive' European commissioner's portfolio, with the name to be announced next week.

BELGRADE - Members of several associations of families of refugees and missing persons from the territory of former Yugoslavia marked the International Day of the Disappeared in Belgrade on Saturday, and repeated their requests concerning a closure for the fates of their loved ones and a fair prosecution of responsible individuals.

Melis Durası is a perfect role model for girls. Nowadays the beauty queen is doing her genetic doctorate. Ayşe Arman speaks to her

Commuters will pay 20 cents less for tickets allowing them to use all modes of public transportation in Athens as of Monday, though they will be valid for 70 minutes rather than 90 as was the case previously.

The new ticket, priced at 1.20 euros, allows passengers to use the capital’s fixed-track network, buses and trolley buses for a period of 70 minutes.

Finance Ministry officials are pressing the Education Ministry to cut costs after it emerged that a program for merging university and technical college departments failed to save 68 million euros this year, in line with budget targets, Kathimerini has learned.

Government officials put the finishing touches over the weekend on their strategy for crucial talks with the troika that are to begin in Paris on Tuesday.

As the government seeks to play down rumors about its choice of candidate for president, with the term of incumbent Karolos Papoulias set to end in February, Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis rebuffed rumors that he has been approached but did not explicitly rule out in his interest in the role.

A crocodile that has stumped authorities after appearing to be living in a dam in Crete earlier this summer is endemic to the Nile and is in good health, according to a French conservationist who specializes in the reptile and was brought in to help trap the animal.