News archive of September 2014

Plans to evacuate and partially demolish a Roma encampment in the northern Athenian suburb of Halandri, erected nearly four decades ago on a site behind the present-day Nomismatokopio metro station, were called off on Tuesday amid protests from the camps residents and local authority representatives.

The opening of a religious kindergarten in northern Montenegro under the auspices of the Islamic Community in Serbia has reignited a bitter feud between two Islamic organisations in the area - the Islamic Community of Montenegro and its sister organisation in Serbia, led by the Mufti of Sandzak, Muamer Zukorlic.

BRUSSELS - The EU's new leadership must boost air and naval power in the Mediterranean to rescue migrants who are dying in record numbers trying to reach the continent's shores, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Iran is to give a military grant to the Lebanese Army, the head of Iran's national security council said

Spain's Constitutional Court on Sept. 29 suspended an independence referendum called by Catalonia for November 9

NOVI SAD - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic called on all experts on Tuesday not to give up and to continue tackling the problems in the energy sector because the energy crisis is not so far away any more.

Six parties are expected to enter the Bulgarian National Assembly after early elections on Sunday, polling agency Sova Harris predicts.

Egyptian writers and political movements have called for a boycott of Turkish products in response to what they describe as “unjustified” attacks on Egypt by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

France's public debt has topped the symbolic level of 2.0 trillion euros for the first time, according to official data Tuesday, putting Paris on a fresh collision course with the European Union.

Russia confirmed on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will visit Belgrade on October 16 at the invitation of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

"The President of Russia will take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi occupation.