News archive of December 2016

With a Nordeus donation worth over 88,500 euros, victory as been declared in four health care institutions in Vojbodina.

This came as part of Fund B92's campaign "Battle for Maternity Wards."

Directed by Antonia Vasilakou, the OperAttack troupe performs Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera "Il Trovatore" at the Athinais cultural complex in Votanikos, central Athens on December 2, 9, 23 and 30. Admission is 15 euros (10 euros reduced). Tickets can be purchased online at www.viva.gr.

A man who threw acid at his 3-year-old nephew was sentenced to nine years in jail by Istanbul court on Dec. 1, Doğan News Agency reported.

Marketing executive Cihan Araçman, 33, was arrested on Oct. 23 after confessing that he threw acid over the son of his sister-in-law, reportedly out of "jealousy."

The Greek Cup loss to second-division OFI Crete on Wednesday was the final straw for Panathinaikos that forced Italian manager Andrea Stramaccioni to tender his resignation on Thursday, confirmed by a club statement. The Greens are now in talks with former Panionios manager Marinos Ouzounidis, according to reports.

Xenia Tselinga (bayan), Despo Varoudaki (guitar/mandolin) and soprano Roxani Papadimitriou will perform works by Sergei Prokofiev that link Boris Pasternak with William Shakespeare, Federico Garcia Lorca with Friedrich Nietzsche and Edgar Allan Poe with Leo Tolstoy at St Paul's Anglican Church in Athens on Thursday, December 8. Starts at 8.30 p.m.

Amid deterioration in a number of economic measures and a plunging Turkish Lira, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has told the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) Supreme Advisory Board meeting that the country has "stability and confidence." 

The Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, known as Stegi, is hosting its 6th Greek Jazz Panorama on December 2, 3 and 4. Taking part in the three-day event are local and foreign artists including pianists George Kontrafouris, Nikos Anadolis, Aki Rissanen and Spyros Manesis, bassist Joao Hasselberg and percussionist Kaspars Kurdeko. Performances start at 9 p.m.

The Iraqi government's effort to integrate a Shiite militia, the al-Hashd al-Shaabi, into the country's security forces is concerning as it might increase Iran's influence with Baghdad, a U.S. general said on Nov. 30. 

The leaders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have agreed to submit a charter draft, which grants more executive powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to parliament next week, after the two leaders reviewed the text in a meeting on Dec. 1. 

The budget of the European Union for 2017 entered into force after the European Parliament approved it with a majority of 438 votes.

This budget carries two messages, stated during the debates the Chairman of the Budget Parliamentary Commission from the French right-wing Jean Arthuis.