News archive of September 2024

Three minors, aged 13 and 14, were arrested on the island of Zakynthos, western Greece, for bullying and stealing from a 14-year-old classmate over several months.

The suspects, including two brothers, repeatedly assaulted the boy and stole 300 euros in total. The abuse was exposed when they attacked him in public on Solomos Square, slapping and insulting him.

Lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos (center), whose name has been inextricably linked to the golden age of Greek music, enters the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens accompanied by singer Giorgos Dalaras for the concert-tribute to his long career on Wednesday.

Domestic sales of white goods rose by 10 percent in the January-July period compared to the same period last year, says Gökhan Sığın, chairman of the board of directors of the Turkish White Goods Manufacturers' Association (TÜRKBESD).

Seeking to encourage more owners to put their shuttered properties back onto the rental market, the government plans to set up a register of tenants who don't pay their rent.

The volume of Türkiye's e-exports is expected to increase to $8 billion at the end of 2024, according to Trade Minister Ömer Bolat.

The country's e-exports soared 131 percent last year to exceed $5 billion, said the minister, who delivered a speech at the Global E-Export Summit (IGEXX) in Istanbul on Sept. 4.

In Italy, a Bulgarian truck driver was penalized for failing to comply with European regulations by driving for two consecutive weeks without rest. The incident occurred during a police check in Naples, where authorities discovered that the 51-year-old driver, employed by a Bulgarian transport company, had not taken the required weekly rest period.

A human skeleton was found Wednesday by a shepherd in a remote area near Anatoli, Ierapetra, Crete.

Police said documents found at the scene suggest the remains belong to a Bulgarian man born in 1967, who was reported missing in 2012.

The skeleton has been sent for examination to confirm the identity.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged more than 50 billion dollars in aid to Africa over the next three years, alongside the creation of one million jobs. His commitment emphasizes the goal of strengthening economic cooperation between China and the African continent.

Two Shahed drones entered Gomel Oblast in Belarus from Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast during the night of 4-5 September, prompting Belarusian military forces to scramble fighter jets. Explosions were reported in the Gomel district as the drones were intercepted.

It was a political romance that turned into political hatred. It happened to many of Donald Trump's associates who were close to him in the White House. First, they were apotheosizing him and then they revealed his inadequacies in glowing detail after they left. With no one, however, was the turnaround as spectacular as with the explosive Anthony Scaramucci.