News archive of December 2016

There will be no services on the Greek capital's ISAP electric railway from 9 p.m. on Friday night as workers continue protest action.

Workers on fixed-track transport have been holding walk-offs and strikes in recent weeks to protest what their union says is a number of unresolved issues concerning the company's operation and workers' rights.

French President François Hollande announced on Thursday he would not look for another term of office.

Amid historically low approval ratings, the Socialist leader said in a televised address he would "not be a candidate" in the vote next year.

Hollande thus became the first President not to seek reelection since the Fifth Republic was established in 1958.

The damages incurred by the riots in the Harmanli reception center last week amount to some BGN 100 000, public broadcaster BNR says, citing local officials.

Windows and furniture were smashed as clashes broke out in the migrant center last week.

PRAGUE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday arrived on an official visit to the Czech Republic.

Nikolic was ceremonially welcomed by his counterpart Milos Zeman, with many citizens gathering outside the presidential palace in Prague to see their encounter, Nikolic's presidential press office said in a statement.

BRUSSELS - This week's round of expert talks between the Belgrade and Pristina delegations will resume in Brussels Tuesday.

BELGRADE - World-renowned Spanish singer Concha Buika performed at the Sava Center in Belgrade Monday as part of a world tour in support of her latest album "Vivir Sin Miedo" (2015).

The flamenco queen thrilled the Belgrade audience with her unique voice, charisma and a powerful and emotional performance.

BELGRADE - Thanking Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of Greece's New Democracy Party, for visiting Serbia and supporting the Serbian Progressive Party's membership in the European People's Party, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday he wanted even better relations with the Greek party.

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have agreed to immediately resume reunification talks, the United Nations said Friday, breaking a nearly two-week stalemate that threatened to sink 19 months of solid progress.

Brussels and Athens are trying to decipher the reasons behind Turkey’s intensification of polemic rhetoric against, following a string of statements by the Turkish political establishment led by President Recep Erdogan.

In sociology, deviant behavior can be either malum in se, meaning wrong in itself, or malum prohibita, wrong because it is prohibited. The term deviant is also used to define the mystery of an ancient necropolis unearthed at the Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, where classical archaeology has called on the help of CSI-style archaeologists from the Malcolm H.