News archive of May 2024

The United States has asserted that Syria's northeast fails to ensure "fair, free and transparent" election conditions, in a rebuke to the YPG terrorist group's recent attempts to hold local polls in the region.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held in-depth talks with his colleagues from prominent NATO allies, including the United States and the Netherlands, over the latest developments in Ukraine and Gaza, the diplomatic sources have said.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said at the Pupin Forum in Belgrade on Friday he hoped Serbia would succeed in boosting its cooperation with the US in all fields, and added that Serbia-US relations, which he noted were almost as old as the internationally recognised statehood of modern Serbia, deserved great attention, effort and vigour.

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov revealed that Ukrainian forces have been compelled to retreat between eight and nine kilometers in "significant sections" of the Kharkiv region's conflict zone due to pressure from Russian troops. Belousov's statement, quoted by Reuters, highlights the ongoing dynamics of the conflict in Ukraine.

Greek and Israeli airforces held an aerial refuelling drill south of Crete, it was announced on Friday. 

The drill took place on Monday, but it was not announced earlier due to security reasons. 

A troubling incident unfolded in a Blagoevgrad school where an eighth-grader reportedly punched a teacher in the stomach during a physical education class. The catalyst for this shocking act was a remark made by the teacher regarding the student's inappropriate clothing for the class.

US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis has rebutted a CBS News report alleging that Washington is considering referring migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece in a bid to discourage people in the region from traveling to the US-Mexico border.

"There is no such deal," Tsunis told Kathimerini about the news report.

A scientist from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has revealed that nearly 40% of Bulgaria's territory can be considered a demographic desert. In 2021, 39.3% of Bulgaria, encompassing 43.6 thousand square kilometers, fell into this category, according to Assoc. Dr. Nikolay Tsekov from the Institute for Population and Human Research, as reported by BGNES.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated today that NATO's increasing involvement in the Ukraine-Russia conflict is akin to a firefighter attempting to extinguish a blaze with a fire flamethrower, Reuters reported. The Hungarian leader has been at odds with Western nations over the issue of aid to Kyiv.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a phone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on May 31.

During the talks, regional and global issues as well as relations between the two countries were discussed, according to Erdoğan's office.