News archive of November 2015

Finchie, an Irish bloke, wants to know why ISIS wants to attack Ireland and makes his case in an open letter:

Tens of thousands march in Diyarbak?r as the city lays to rest lawyer Tahir Elçi following his assassination in unclear circumstancesAround 50,000 people gathered in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r for the funeral ceremony of Tahir Elçi, the Diyarbak?r Bar Association head who was apparently killed during clashes that erupted after the killing of two police officers by gunmen.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias addressed the University of Tehran in Iran on Sunday. He said that Greek foreign policy seeks to be “active and responsible” to unite and “utilize the past for the future”.

The Global march for the climate takes place at the Place de la Republique in Paris on November 29. Despite the ban on gatherings enforced by French authorities in light of Friday November 13 attacks, protestors took to the streets and hundreds of thousands of people marched in 57 cities around the world, including Greece. All up, more than 2,000 events are happening around the world.

Ghanaian government officials have welcomed a Turkish power ship which is expected to generate some 225 megawatts of electricity to augment the country's energy needs.

Thousands of Athenians marched in Athens center on Sunday, joining millions of people around the world, in an effort to pressure politicians to come to a legally binding agreement at the Paris Climate Conference that runs from November 30 to December 11. Greece is being represented at the conference by leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Germany is holding talks with Turkey and Jordan over the deployment of German Tornado reconnaissance jets in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Germany's top soldier has said. 

The Commission concluded that the measures already implemented as part of the bank’s existing restructuring plan of July 2014, in addition to those envisaged in the amended plan, will enable Piraeus Bank to ensure lending to the Greek economy in line with EU state aid rules, in particular the 2013 Banking Communication, and the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.

Jennifer Aniston is said to be furious that Brad Pitt is exploiting their failed marriage in “By the Sea”, a film he made with Angelina Jolie. The film is about a couple’s troubled marriage and a vacation that they take together.

Iran is seeking $25 billion in investments from 50 deals involving international oil and gas companies, foreign executives were told on Nov. 28 in Tehran as the government outlined new contractual terms.