News archive of July 2015

Russia and Turkey reportedly suspended negotiations on the construction of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline.

According to media reports, the negotiations were suspended after Russia failed to sign a key agreement on the discount of gas prices.

Back in February, Turkey obtained a 10.25 % discount on the 28-30 billion cubic meters of gas it purchases from Russia.

Two police officers were killed in a gun attack on a police station in the southern province of Adana that also left two militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) dead.

Around eight PKK militants carried out an armed attack early July 31 on the Pozant? Police Department with long-barreled guns. An armed conflict ensued as police officers responded to the fire.

Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank on July 31, killing an 18-month-old baby and seriously injuring several other family members, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terrorism. 

Notorious Romanian ‘star’ economist Delia Velculescu has acquired something of a cult status amongst the Greek press. Accompanied by an entourage of 20 security guards she landed in Athens, passing thhrough the main entrance of the Athens Hilton just before 8 p.m.

Google on July 30 rejected a French demand to globally apply the so-called right to be forgotten, which requires the company to remove links to certain information about users if asked.

Chad reintroduced the death penalty just six months after its abolition on July 30, as legislators passed a stringent anti-terror bill in the face of a spate of deadly Boko Haram attacks.

After suffering two suicide bombings in a month, including one in a bustling market in the capital N'Djamena, Chad has beefed up security in recent weeks.    

Serbia will do everything it can to make it clear to UNESCO members that allowing Kosovo to join this organization would be a harmful move.

This is what Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in parliament on Thursday, answering questions from deputies.

Authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said on July 31 they were "increasingly confident" that wreckage found on an Indian Ocean island was from the ill-fated jet, raising hopes of solving one of aviation's great mysteries.

Despotiko, a small uninhabited islet off Antiparos in the Aegean, has yielded significant finds dating back to the 6th century BC. These shed new light on the size and organization of an Archaic sanctuary situated there. Archeologists first started excavating the site in 1997, under the supervision of Yiannos Kouragios.

The Taliban announced Mullah Akhtar Mansour as their new leader July 31, marking a historic power transition for the militant movement that has waged a 14-year insurgency in Afghanistan.