News archive of March 2016

IKEA has launched preparatory works on its first store in Serbia, IKEA Regional Development Director Vladislav Lalic said on Wednesday.

At a roundtable titled “Consumer Rights: Challenge or Chance for Brand and Company”, he underlined that preparatory works had begun, as well as works on the dislocation of the toll booths in Bubanj Potok, and added he expected no more surprises.

Bulgaria will contribute EUR 5.9 M to the EU's Refugee Facility for Turkey, which foresees the provision of EUR 3 B in humanitarian assistance to refugees in Turkey and their host communities.

The Bulgarian contribution was ratified by the Bulgarian parliament at first and second reading on Wednesday, private bTV station informs.

Romania's parliament on Wednesday rejected prosecutors' requests to allow the arrest of Sebastian Ghita, a wealthy businessman and lawmaker who has been indicted for creating an informal network of power that was used to "determine the appointment of several persons in important positions".

A total of 176 MPs rejected the request, while 107 MPs backed it.

Croatia's new centre-right coalition government is experiencing growing tension between the dominant Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, on one side and the Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, and Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic on the other.

Footage of Sunday's hooligan-style attack on members of the opposition Democratic Party, has fuelled a war of words between the opposition Democrats and the ruling Progressive Party that symbolises the emptiness of the Serbian election campaign, an expert has said.

The Greek government has deemed the refugee Bill as urgent and plans to process it through the relevant Parliamentary committees Thursday. The government wants to have it ready before a Parliamentary Plenum for discussion on Friday. The state general accounting office has estimated the bill will cost burden the Greek state’s annual budget by 110 million Euros.

The protest of Bulgarian general practitioners (GPs) is to grow further on Thursday as ten more regions will join in it.

The protest began on Monday when GPs from four regions closed their surgeries. It spread on Tuesday and Wednesday, with respectively five and nine other regions joining.

The port of Piraeus looked like a ‘war zone’ late Wednesday night when violent clashes broke out between Syrian and Afghani refugees and illegal immigrants. Over seven people were injured and have been transferred to hospital, two of whom are in serious condition. The clashes started at the E2 port gate and quickly spread to the E1 gate, as police forces were absent.

Harley Quinn of the ‘Suicide Squad’ was definitely one of the favourite roles in the movie that reeled in loads of cash during its screening at Los Angeles theatres the past weekend.

There are some very scary photos floating around the internet. This particular one is up near the top as one of the creepiest. Watch the reflection of the woman in the window as the man is taking a selfie. Twitter brought the image to the mainstream media, after it was previously featured on 9gag. Some say it is photoshop, others another woman and the mystery goes on.