News archive of October 2017

A draft budget for 2018 presented in Parliament on Monday predicted strong growth but also pointed to a significant revenue shortfall this year that is likely to result in nearly 2 billion euros in new austerity measures next year. 

The president and the government of Serbia will address the European Commission (EC) in a letter, looking for answers to a range of questions.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced this late on Monday.

An Athens appeals court on Monday upheld life sentences against convicted crime boss Panayiotis Vlastos and two more members of his crime syndicate.

The court rejected the appeals of Vlastos, Giorgos Katsayiannis and Aristomenis Kleftoyiannis, who had been sentenced to life terms. It also upheld sentences of between seven and 18 years for another 11 people.

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church on Monday criticized the country's leftist-led government for pushing draft legislation that will allow individuals to freely determine their gender identity irrespective of how it was recorded at birth.

The Uncomfortable is a series of impractical household objects by Athens-based architect Katerina Kamprani. The infuriating works play off of common dishware, cutlery, and watering cans, making the task each is typically assigned either impossible or extremely difficult.

Today, being able to flaunt one’s wealth has never been easier for the children of the rich, amplifying the effect they want their opulence to have with minimum effort. Social media makesd sure of that….

Civil defense sirens are expected to go off around Greece Tuesday as part of an annual military and public warning exercise dubbed Parmenion after the Macedonian general who served Philip II and Alexander the Great.

The parents of a 7-year-old boy who is on life support after an accident sustained after he was left at home unsupervised on Monday faced charges of neglect and endangerment.

The Panhellenic Association of Doctors (PIS) on Monday recommended that doctors who issue certificates allowing parents to exempt their child from being vaccinated for major diseases must get approval from their local medical board to do so.

This is the defiant moment a survivor of the Las Vegas gun massacre gave the gunman the middle finger as bullets rained down.
Extraordinary footage shows a reveller wearing a dark vest and holding a can rise to his feet while everyone around him takes cover.
He defiantly holds out his arm and gives the gunman the middle finger.