News archive of December 2016

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due in Greece for a two-day visit on Sunday and Monday, where among other engagements, he will inaugurate an exhibition in Thessaloniki.

On Sunday, Steinmeier will be welcomed by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos at 5.30 p.m. in Athens and then hold an official meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias.

A 250-kilogram aerial bomb found on Wednesday in the Privilnica suburb of the Bosnian town of Bihac has been destroyed.

The controlled explosion took place on Friday morning, and went as planned, causing no injuries or damage, Sead Vrana of the Civil Protection Administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Muslim-Croat entity (FBiH) told reporters.

Turkish pianist İdil Biret's 75th birthday will be celebrated at a concert by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 3 in Ankara.

At the concert, to be conducted by Rengim Gökmen, Biret will play Rachmaninov's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43."

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said he has no concern that a constitutional amendment on a presidential system will fail to receive at least 330 votes in parliament, while repeating a call on the main opposition to join the efforts.

Eurozone finance ministers will next week discuss a paper by the ESM outlining possible short-term debt relief for Greece, a spokeswoman for the German Finance Ministry said on Friday.

"The Eurogroup expects a concept by the ESM on the improvement of debt management in Greece," Friederike von Tiesenhausen said during a regular government news conference.

Donald Tusk says EU's unity against Russia over Ukraine was maintained thanks to the support of the U.S. - specifically, of Barack Obama.

"We may criticize some of his decisions, but I had his support constantly. We managed to maintain that solidarity front," the president of EU's European Council and former Polish prime minister has told private Polish television TVN24.

Terror networks such as the Islamic State group are evolving their tactics to attack soft targets in Europe, which could see the use of deadly car bombs, Europol warned on Friday.

One person was killed and two others were wounded due to the explosion of a fuel tanker in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district on Dec. 2, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The explosion occurred during repair work on the fuel tanker at a garage in the Tecimen industrial estate on İçel Street in Büyükçekmece.

Members of the National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (ESAMEA) are marching on Maximos Hall, the Greek PM’s residence, protesting against the government’s policies of spending cuts. Nearly 1,500 disabled protesters with are demanding humane benefits, shouting they cannot survive on 430 euros a month. “Let them try and live with 430 euros.

VALJEVO - Minister of Economy Goran Knezevic and Gorenje Group President Franjo Bobinac signed in Valjevo, central Serbia, on Thursday a memorandum of cooperation between the Serbian government and the Slovenian household appliance maker envisioning investments worth 12 mln euros, expansion of production capacities and new employment.