News archive of January 2016

Greece and Israel signed a Joint Declaration for Cooperation in Tourism, on the sidelines of the recent trip of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Jerusalem at the head of a government delegation.

Less than a third of reported crime cases are solved on an annual basis, a former Chief Secretary of Bulgaria's Interior Minstry has said.

The Chief Secretary is responsible for running the ministry on a daily basis and his role is crucial in cases of emergency or high-profile crime cases.

At least ten migrants, including five children, were drown on Saturday when their boat sank sank off the coast of Ayvacik, Turkey, a town across from the Greek island of Lesvos.

The migrants had set off from the district of Ayvacik in Canakkale province trying to reach the Greek island of Lesvos.

A Russian man had his hand ripped off by a caged bear when he reached the animal to stroke or pat it ignoring his friends’ warnings.

The footage was taken in Murmanskaya Oblast, in the country’s far north west and shows the man screaming out in pain as the bear clamps its teeth around his arm.

The Economist magazine published an article on Greek government saying that “far-left SYRIZA government is tottering”, since a year after its victory, austerity measures and scandals threaten to bring it down.

At least 39 people, including five children, drowned off Turkey's western coast on Jan. 30, the Turkish Coast Guard said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants in the region.

A patrol was able to save 62 refugees, while one Turkish citizen was detained for his alleged role in organizing the trip.

There is no legal mechanism allowing the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) to step down, in line with demands of the main ruling parties, Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has said.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis revealed a few days ago the existence of a Plan X for returning to drachma current in a coordinated way.

The Bulgarian National Bank has said it will put forward a possible approach to the accession of the country into the single currency area.

Three courageous Irishmen accepted to try on sexy lingerie and find out what women go through to look sexy for men. And they weren’t impressed.

They tried on corsets, crotchless bodysuits and cleavage enhancing camis and recorded their reaction in the Anne Summers footage, as the Sun reports.

One said: “I feel like a fish caught in a six-pack of beer.”