News archive of May 2015

A total of 4,243 migrants have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean over the past 24 hours while trying to reach Europe in inflatable dinghies and fishing boats, the Italian coast guard has said.

Seventeen migrants were found dead. The reasons for their death was not immediately known, according to AFP.

Two bands with artists of Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, Curacao and Germany opened on Friday evening, at the Jean Bart Theatre of Tulcea City, the second edition of "Dobrojazz" ethno-jazz international festival.

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The Department of Homeland Security said on May 29 it is considering expanding airline preclearance operations to 10 new foreign airports in nine countries, most of them in Europe.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu said Ankara would have sheltered the Muslim Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants with merchant ships close to the Andaman Sea if Indonesia and Malaysia had not.

Çavu?o?lu made the remarks at a live televised interview in ?zmir province late May 29. "Turkey offered help with the issue and will continue its support," he said.

A  7.8-magnitude earthquake deep under the ocean off Japan's southern coast shook buildings in Tokyo on Saturday but no casualties or significant injuries and damage were immediately reported.

No tsunami alert has been issued. 

The effects of a potential Greek default on the country's banks cannot yet be predicted, ECB vice president Vitor Constancio said on Saturday, stressing that he did not foresee a default.

Two suspects have been detained after two members of Islamist and pro-Kurdish Free Cause Party (Hüda-Par) were killed on May 29 in Turkey's southeastern ??rnak province, local officials have said.

Sunday’s edition of Proto Thema, Greece’s best-selling newspaper, headlines a story on the “steep” expenses incurred by Greek DM Panos Kammenos during his recent official visit to Washington D.C., where he headed up a ministry delegation.

Romanian tennis player Andreea Mitu (23 years of age) qualified for the fourth round of Grand Slam Tournament of Roland Garros, after having defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone in two sets, 7-5, 6-4, in a match carried out in Paris, on Saturday.

Mount Shindake in Japan erupted, emitting large plumes of smoke more than a few thousand meters into the sky.

All residents of the island have been advised to evacuate, as the lava flows and the rock fragments, combined with deadly gases from the volcano will surely hit the isle.