News archive of September 2014

The German government has approved a move to send a weapons package to Iraq's Kurdish regional authorities fighting Sunni insurgents called Islamic State (IS).

David Zurutuza scored twice to help Real Sociedad seal a remarkable 4-2 comeback win over Real Madrid and Barcelona struck late to beat Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Aug. 31.
 
Real Madrid looked in complete control after 11 minutes as Sergio Ramos headed in a corner and Gareth Bale slipped the ball between Gorka Elustondo's legs.

AGERPRES special correspondent Daniel Florea reports: Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin on Monday announced that at the end of October this year Bucharest will be hosting the China-Central and Eastern Europe Forum, as part of the world's largest international agriculture fair, this being the first event of its kind ever organised outside the People's

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned the U.S. Embassy chargé d’affaires over German magazine Der Spiegel’s claims that the United States and United Kingdom have been spying on Turkey for years. 

The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested 13 people on suspicion of taking part in crimes against humanity, including over 40 murders, in Doboj and Teslic in 1992.

Failure to resolve the fate of the country’s fourth-largest lender could undermine recently strengthened investor trust and turn Bulgaria into ‘Europe’s Argentina’, experts warn.

Turkey’s new presidential jet, which has been likened by some observers to the United States’ Air Force One aircraft, has been painted in the colors of the Turkish flag, Doğan News Agency reported on Sept. 1.

It took three days to paint the Airbus A330-200 Prestige, which landed at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport in the early hours of Aug. 29.

A number of Bulgarian towns and cities are to see demonstrations calling authorities to draft a plan which could help Corporate Commercial Bank (CorpBank or KTB).

Students protesting a government decision to ouster so-called “eternal” students on Monday interrupted the traditional blessing ceremony marking the inauguration of the new academic year at the University of Athens.

Bulgarian police have intercepted an international drug trafficking ring, seizing a shipment of 46kg of heroin worth BGN 5.7M.

On August 24, Bulgarian border police stopped a Mercedes car with a Belgian registration plate. The vehicle, driven by a Turkish national living in Belgium, was stopped for an excise duty goods probe, according to reports of the Customs Agency.