News archive of September 2016

Members of the South Yorkshire Police and a Greek search team are seen Thursday on the site of an excavation on Kos launched as part of a renewed investigation into the disappearance of Ben Needham, a 21-month-old British toddler who went missing in 1991 on the island while on holiday with his family.

The trading volume on the Greek bourse was too low again on Thursday for stocks to make the most of the recovery seen on other European markets in harmony with oil prices.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan caused displeasure in Athens on Thursday by indicating that Ankara "gave away" Aegean islands to Greece under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the pact that defined the borders of modern Turkey following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's sudden questioning of the Treaty of Lausanne raises many issues.

A proposal for dealing with the problem of “red” property loans that absolves mortgage holders from the threat of an auction, made the Head of Piraeus Bank Michalis Sallas. It is a groundbreaking proposal which calls for a freeze of a big part of the loan that will be crossed off in a certain amount of time if the property prices haven’t settled down.

Brussels sought to downplay comments by European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who lumped the claims by the Cham community in Albania along with other disputes in the negotiations between Tirana and Athens, saying the matter was "blown out of proportion."

An Athens court of first instance prosecutor has brought charges of embezzlement against the accountant of the Grand Lodge of Greece, the organization of Greek freemasons, in connection with the alleged mismanagement of millions of euros.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik announced in Banjaluka Thursday there would be more referendums in the Bosnian Serb republic, noting that they would be conducted electronically to facilitate the process.

All those having a registered residence in Republika Srpska for six months will be eligible to vote in the referendums, he said.

BELGRADE - As Belgrade and Pristina resume talks to normalize their relations, the latter's request for its own telephone code present a problematic precedent for China and other countries across the world, Dusan Prorokovic, former state secretary in Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, told Sputnik Serbia on Tuesday.

A Thessaloniki prosecutor has indicted seven people, including a senior army officer, to stand trial on charges of stealing fuel from a pipeline used by the Greek military and selling it for a profit.

The members of the alleged racket are believed to have stolen nearly 294,762 liters of fuel worth some 300,000 euros.