News archive of October 2016

The Parliamentary Budget Office on Monday issued its quarterly report, issuing a warning about an increase in the level of Greece's private debt which is approaching the level of public debt.

Venezuela's embattled government and opposition leaders have agreed on an agenda for talks beginning next month aimed at defusing an increasingly tense political crisis, a Catholic church official said early Oct. 31.

An Afghan woman immortalized on a National Geographic magazine cover is to be freed on bail days after being arrested in Pakistan for fraud, a government minister said Oct. 30.

The haunting image of Sharbat Gula, taken in a Pakistan refugee camp by photographer Steve McCurry in the 1980s, became the most famous cover image in the magazine's history.

Thousands of Moroccans Oct. 30 attended the funeral of a fishmonger whose gruesome death in a rubbish truck crusher has caused outrage across the North African country, with authorities vowing to punish those responsible.

Federal investigators have secured a warrant to examine newly discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton's private server, a source familiar with the matter said on Oct. 30, as a prominent Democrat accused FBI Director James Comey of breaking the law by trying to influence the election.

The Belgrade International Book fair was once the haunt of famous writers and publishers - which explains why the Serbian tabloid "Informer" has encountered a good deal of criticism on Twitter for luring guests of a very different type to this year's fair.

They included actors, sportsmen, a folk singer, a reality TV star, an astrologist and a hair-dresser.

Chanting "Don't touch Valbona" and "No Waste Imports in Albania", several thousand Albanians attended a protest concert on Sunday in Tirana, invited by a group of artists from Albania and Kosovo who offered a free show dedicated to environmental issues.

The mainstream media in the country did not cover the event.

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake has been measured in Vrancea country, Romania, state-run Agerpres agency says.

The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre puts its magnitude at 4.

There have been no immediate reports of casualties.

The epicenter has been located at a depth of 100 km.

More than 150 members of the Ivanovski Battalion of Russia's Airborne Troops (VDV) are due to arrive in Serbia for a joint military exercise.

The Russians will participate in the exercise, dubbed "Slavic Brotherhood 2016," together with Serbian soldiers. They will also be joined by members of the Belarus military.

The law on the Restructuring of Certain Public Receivables, also referred to as the "Tax Amnesty," entered into force back in August, enabling the restructuring of outstanding tax and other public receivables and also providing an opportunity to Turkish companies to close their accounts against potential tax audits through voluntary tax base increases.