News archive of July 2020

The European Commission opened 38 infringement cases against Romania in 2019, according to the 2019 annual report monitoring the implementation of European Union law published on Friday by the European Commission.

Greece's Parliament on Friday sent to the Supreme Court the case files against former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos.
Papangelopoulos is accused of seeking to incriminate political opponents in the purported Novartis pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

A law that sets new rules for social media platforms in Turkey was published in the Official Gazette and put into force on July 30.

Work on a three-kilometer, two-way bike path along Thessaloniki's central Karamanli Avenue was completed and handed over to cyclists on Friday, a local official said.

The project was completed in about two weeks as part of an effort to facilitate commuting in the city and decongest busses amid a pandemic.

Greek health authorities are conducting 9,000 spot tests daily at the country's entry points, Deputy Health Minister Vasilis Kotzamanis said in Parliament on Friday, responding to a question by an opposition lawmaker.

The woman seen in a shared video being abused by her employer, a retired police officer, says she endured physical abuse and serious threats many times before recording the incident.

Two more people died from Covid-19 since Thursday night, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 205.

The first victim was a 59-year-old man who had been intubated since July 4 and was being treated at the hospital of Alexandroupolis.

The small but ambitious Levica party made a breakthrough in the recent elections, winning its first seats - but its ideological stance, which veers from far left to far right, still puzzles many.

Turkish F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Azerbaijan for joint military exercises, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on July 31.

In a statement, the ministry said the jets will take part in the TurAz Qartali-2020 Joint Exercises, which began on July 29.       

Another 90 asylum seekers, includinh 22 children facing health problems, left Athens for Germany on Friday, as part of a joint program to offer healthcare to vulnerable refugees.