Naples

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi suffered a setback in local elections on May 31, with a weaker-than-expected showing by his centre-left bloc and a marked rise in support for the right-wing Northern League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. 

By Alexandra Kassimi

Over 140 weekly flights on new routes, an additional 189 flights on existing routes and 10 new destinations make up the picture at Athens International Airport this summer, which will likely be a very busy one.

For over ten years, the local authorities in Cincu, a village in the mountains of central Romania, said they did not have the money to refurbish the main road connecting their village to the surroundings.

But, this week they found some 116,000 lei (27,000 euro) from the budget to plug potholes and fix the road, battered by harsh winters.

The missile defence base of Deveselu will operate under the authority of the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, Defence Minister Mircea Dusa announced on Tuesday. The base's objectives will become operational by the end of this year, he mentioned.

NOVI SAD - Novi Sad is one of five candidate cities shortlisted for the title of European Youth Capital 2018, Exit Foundation announced on Wednesday.

The remaining four candidates still in the running are Manchester, Perugia, Kecskemet and Cascais.

Novi Sad is the only non-EU city among the last five, which makes its success even more impressive.

Low cost airline Wizz Air is set on releasing new flight destinations connection Sofia with some of the most attractive European destinations two months earlier than announced.

The company announced Saturday that five Airbus A320 planes will be arriving at its station on Sofia Airport on July 26, as opposed to the initially announced date - September 14.

The low-cost Hungarian airline Wizz Air will start flying to five new destinations from Bulgaria's Sofia Airport.

From the middle of September Wizz Air will start operating flights from Sofia to Bari, Cologne, Geneva, Munich and Naples, daily Dnevnik reports.

The flights to Bari and Cologne will start on September 14 and will be operated twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays.

Italian police detained eight people for trafficking of medicines, which had been stolen from hospitals and pharmacies in the country, which were destined to Bulgaria, Romania and Albania.

The police seized more than 53 000 packaging of medicines, their value amounting to EUR 1.8 M, 24 Chasa daily reports.

BELGRADE - Cooperation with NATO should reflect Serbia's needs, Serbian Minister of Defence Bratislav Gasic said on Wednesday, adding that by participating in the Partnership for Peace program, the country is building the necessary capacities for the engagement in the UN and EU operations.

Grimaldi Group, a private shipping company based in Naples, Italy, announced that the ferry link between the Greek cities of Patras and Igoumenitsa and Italian city Ravenna will be restored.

The route will be serviced by Italian-flagged Catania ferry, beginning on Monday.