News archive of March 2018

Greeks continue to pay considerable sums out of their own pocket to make up for the shortfalls of the national health system, significantly more than many of their European counterparts. 

The relations between the State Security and the world-renowned philosopher and writer Julia Kristeva appear to be just like a cat and mouse game in the 1970s, according to documents released yesterday by the Dossier Commission.

A bus driver, his colleague and more than 20 passengers have been injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in the German province of Bavaria last night, the police said, quoted by the DPA.
 

Russian Foreign Ministry announced that a plane on the national air carrier "Aeroflot" was searched by British police at an airport in London, the Associated Press reported.
 
Office spokeswoman Maria Zaharova said the British authorities did not give reason for the search which she called "another provocation." She did not specify at which airport was the plane.

Turkey will host a trilateral meeting on Syria, gathering leaders from Turkey, Russia and Iran next week, the Presidential Press Office said on March 31. 

An Istanbul court on March 30 released six suspects in an investigation targeting the financial structure of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Germany is set to create its first federal migrant repatriation centre over the summer, reports EUobserver. 

State secretary Stephan Mayer told the newspaper that the centre was a top priority for the new government. The centre is likely to be built in Bavaria or in Hessen. The aim is to speed up returns of people whose asylum requests have been rejected.

A total of 3,820 militants have been "neutralized" since the start of Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin region, the Turkish military said in a statement on March 31.