News archive of June 2019

It was not the first time that we have heard or seen slogans extolling violence, celebrating assassinations or abusing the dead.

Bucharest, June 29 /Agerpres/ - Prime Minister Viorica Dancila thanked, on Saturday, all the delegates at the extraordinary congress of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), stating that through their vote she became the first woman chair in the history of the party. The new Social Democrat leader showed that the results of the internal elections brings her both honor and responsibilites.

A 30 percent increase in online purchases of energy supplements in May is widely seen as a response to students' rising stress levels ahead of university entrance exams this month.
According to the Convert Group's eRetail Audit service, the most sought-after products were energy supplements containing fish oil.

Bucharest, June 29 /Agerpres/ - Prime Minister Viorica Dancila was elected, on Saturday, chair of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), Eugen Teodorovici was elected executive chair and Mihai Fifor was elected secretary general. Viorica Dancila garnered 2828 votes, Liviu Plesoianu - 715 votes, Serban Nicolae 375 votes and Ecaterina Andronescu - 50 votes. 22 votes were annulled.

Police on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos said on Saturday that 13 asylum seekers, aged between 14 and 32, had been arrested at the Moria refugee camp on charges of causing grievous bodily harm.

Turkey's business circle has welcomed the positive atmosphere of the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump held on June 28, the head of a key business council said.

Greece's largest island welcomes the 8th Jazz in July Festival in the charming old village of Vamos. The festival gets under way at 9 p.m. on Monday, July 1, with three Greek jazz musicians - Nikos Touliatos, Yotis Kiourtsoglou and Anatoly Vapirov.

Bucharest, June 29 /Agerpres/ - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disapproves of the presentation made by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Romania regarding the Soviet ultimatum of 1940 and the events that followed, presentation which was "truncated and lacking historical precision", mentioning that the past relations between the two states "must not make way for unsubstantiated opinions

A 55-year-old man has been handed a 12-month prison sentence and fined 5,000 euros by a court in Volos, central Greece, for abusing a donkey, it was reported on Saturday.

The court heard that he repeatedly kicked the donkey in the head after it fell out of back of his pickup truck while he was driving on a rural road last week.

Cyprus' government spokesman says President Nicos Anastasiades has suffered a fracture of his femur, or thighbone, on this right leg and will undergo surgery.

Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said in a written statement Saturday that there is no risk to the president's overall health.