News archive of January 2016

Belgrade and other towns across the country have celebrated the beginning of the new year with open air concerts, fireworks displays, and firecrackers.

Mostly young people opted to spend the last moments of 2015 and welcome in 2016 in squares and streets, many others were in restaurants and clubs - while a majority stayed at home.

The citizens of Athens and the tourists who chose Greece’s capital for their Christmas holiday enjoyed a spectacular firework display under the Acropolis which lit up the night sky.

See stunning pictures of Acropolis lit up by the fireworks as Athens welcomes 2016.

A suspected terrorist attack led to the evacuation of two major railway stations in Munich on Thursday.

Police informed of "two concrete tips" of planned suicide attacks with "Islamist background", with the threat linked to Islamic State (IS).

Fluctuations of the dinar-to-euro exchange rate are expected for this time of year, says NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic.

The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) will do everything to maintain maximum stability of the exchange rate in 2016, she added.

Millions of people gathered in central squares and streets around the world to welcome the New Year amid terror fears.

At least two million people crowded at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to watch a spectacular fireworks show that lasted 16 minutes.

Police in Munich evacuated two major railway stations after a “friendly intelligence agency” warned Germany of an impending ISIS attack, said Bavaria’s interior minister Joachim Herrmann.

As he said, German authorities received information that suicide bombers from Islamic State would target the central station or Pasing station.

Turkey's top science body has launched a comprehensive project to strengthen the country's cyber security after a week-long cyberattack that targeted hundreds of thousands of Turkish websites.

The Turkish government has moved to boost its contribution in global counter-terrorism efforts by ratifying a key convention of the Council of Europe (CoE), of which it is a founding member state.