News archive of July 2020

The digital transformation is an absolute priority for the government, and it's important that preparations are made in the next period for the launch of tender procedures for everything digital for the computerization of the public administration, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Friday at the "Romanian Information Day" event, organised by the Authority for Romania's Digitisation.

The money is believed to have been obtained by smuggling cocaine.
The operative part of the first-instance verdict is being read, after which the court will announce the sentences to which it is sentencing the accused and give an explanation for its decision.
In addition to Saric, 16 other defendants have been charged in this case.

Deputy Justice Minister Dimitris Kranis submitted his resignation to the prime minister on Friday, sources said.

He has reportedly sent his resignation letter to Kyriakos Mitsotakis in which he explains the reasons for his departure. No more details were immediately available.

Kranis was one of the 21 cabinet members who were not elected lawmakers.

Greece has managed to largely control the imported cases of coronavirus but complacency among Greeks risks derailing efforts to contain the spread of the virus, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Friday.

The Senate is called in a new extraordinary session between August 1 - 19, as an extension of the current special session, the Standing Bureau of the legislative body decided on Friday. The Senate's agenda and work schedule for the August 1 - 19 extraordinary session will be approved in Friday's plenary sitting scheduled for 13:00.

He said that the current assessment of the epidemiological situation is unfavorable, but under control, which means that we have, as a whole, a flattened curve at the level of Serbia, stabilization, with a slight decline, Sputnik reported.

Police and Coast Guard officers arrested five people as suspected members of a cocaine smuggling gang during a raid on the island of Mykonos on Thursday.

Among the suspects is a 40-year-old man who is believed to be the leader of the ring.

Afghans offered prayers marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on July 31 as a three-day ceasefire between Taliban and government forces began, with many hoping the truce will lead to peace talks and the end of nearly two decades of conflict.

The mission of the Turkish research ship Barbaros in the Cypriot continental shelf has come to further complicate matters between Athens and Ankara, just days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the suspension of activities of another vessel, the Oruc Reis, in the Greek continental shelf in light of a pending "unconditional" dialogue.

The scale of economic devastation from the pandemic was laid bare on July 30 as Western economies recorded historic slumps, just as resurgent caseloads forced many countries into agonizing new trade-offs between health and financial stability.