News archive of December 2018

The companies looking for oil and gas on land and sea in western Greece will invest 500 million euros in the next 7-8 years, according to the head of the state-owned company that negotiates the exploration licenses.

The largest ever anti-terror exercise in Greece starts today and will last until December 7.

Held in Crete, in the ports of Souda and Iraklio, the exercise, codenamed "Jackal Stone," is the annual exercise of the US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) which will include special forces from the Greek police and Coast Guard.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Argentina on Dec. 1.

Bulgaria is among the leaders in the European Union in the recycling of plastic and glass garbage. This shows Eurostat data for 2016. An average EU-level of recycled plastic is 42.4% and in Bulgaria this percentage reaches 52.6 per cent, which is the fourth place in the whole EU.

The Bulgarian base in Antarctica is an international scientific laboratory. There are also scientists from many different parts of the world, including Colombian scientists this year. Two Portuguese, Turks and a Cypriot scientist , said Hristo Pimpirev,  Prof. , Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and Head of Bulgarian Expeditions on the South Continent on Darik's "The Week".

The European Commission has published two new studies highlighting the growing importance of EU exports for job opportunities in Europe and beyond. EU exports to other countries around the world are more important than ever. They provide over 36 million jobs across Europe - two-thirds more than their number in 2000, with 14 million of them employed by women.

With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gather Sunday in Poland to firm up their plan to prevent catastrophic climate change, reports AFP. 

All construction is being suspended along key roads in the eastern Attica towns of Rafina and Mati that were affected by last summer's deadly fires, the Environment Ministry has decided.

The policemen shown in a video hitting LGBTQ activist Zak Kostopoulos will face an examining magistrate Monday on charges of inflicting fatal bodily harm.

Sometimes it takes a minor accident for many Athenians to understand just how lucky they are to be fully mobile and able-bodied.