News archive of November 2014

The new batch of EU sanctions against 13 representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics in eastern Ukraine and five organisations come into force on Saturday.

They were published in the Official Journal of the EU, with immediate effect. The sanctions includes asset freezes and travel bans within the EU.

Princess Margareta and Prince Radu, accompanied by Princess Maria and Prince Nicolae, will go on a symbolic trip by the royal train on December 1, Romania's National Day, to pay homage to the sovereigns of the Greater Romania, King Ferdinand and Queen Maria of Romania, the Royal House reports in a press release.

A minor earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale was registered on Saturday morning near the town of Kresna, south western Bulgaria, reported the Geophysics institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The area lies above one of the main faults on Bulgarian territory and minor earthquakes are a frequent occurence.

The epicentre was at a depth of 16.1 km.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov expressed his concern with David Cameron's proposals aimed at restricting the flow of immigrants of other EU member states to the UK.

Pope Francis has started the second leg of his three-day visit to Turkey, in a richly-symbolic trip. Like his predecessor, he prayed at the Blue Mosque, which was his first stop in Istanbul, before visiting the Hagia Sophia, the St. Esprit Cathedral and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate on Nov. 29.

Pope Francis has arrived in Istanbul for the second leg of his three-day visit to Turkey, in a richly-symbolic trip set to include tours of a mosque and the Hagia Sophia, as well as a meeting with the Orthodox patriarch.

A Turkish man has caught a four-year-old girl who fell from a seventh floor window in a central Anatolian city.

The Pazardzhik court ruled that the seven accused for propagation of anti-democratic ideology and and instigation of war must remain under arrest, awaiting trial.

A parliamentary commission into corruption among senior members of the government has questioned a sudden increase in the wealth of two former ministers on the back of allegations that they accepted bribes.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos has mathematically qualified to the top 16 of the Euroleague after another emphatic home win, this time against Bayern Munich, with an 87-72 score on Friday.