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The pruning of trees in central Exarchia Square in Athens on Monday morning, so they can be transplanted in the context of the metro works, provoked the reaction of residents and agencies opposed to their cutting and removal. The contentious issue also prompted the intervention of mayor-elect Haris Doukas, as well as SYRIZA MP Nassos Iliopoulos.

The initiative committee for quarry digging stops near the village of Kurtovo Konare organized a protest at the Ministry of Energy from 12.30.
 

Some 16 foreign students -- 10 from Somalia, three from Djibouti, two from Guinea and one from Syria -- were rounded up for their alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) in the southern Mersin province, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on June 30, citing the Chief Prosecutor's Office.

A major operation launched against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants was finalized after 16 days in Turkey's southeastern provinces on March 21, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

At least 7,000 members of the security forces attended the operations in the Diyarbakır province's Hani, Lice and Kulp districts.

I knew Andrey Karlov in person. The Russian ambassador to Ankara was from the old school, a Cold War warrior, who even served in North Korea. In the worst times of the Turkish-Russian crisis after Turkey downed a Russian plane on the Syrian border, Karlov did not lose his calm.

Anadolu Agency posted a story on the "compassionate slap" threat from the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). They came across this concept during the FETÖ investigations conducted by the Chief Prosecutor's Office at the Aegean province of Uşak. "From the statements of the detainees, it was determined that especially after the Dec. 17 and Dec.

Bulgaria's Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has proposed to dismiss Tsvetelin Tsvetanov, head of the Road Transport Administration Executive Agency, who was arrested earlier this week over suspected wrongdoing in licensing procedures at the agency.

Tzvetanov's deputy, Krasimir Kalaidjiev, has been proposed to serve as interim execitive director of the government agency.

A total of 14 people have been detained in the specialized operation carried out at the Bulgarian road transport administration agency on Wednesday, the Chief Prosecutor's Office has said.

Earlier Tsvetelin Tsvetanov, who heads the agency, was detained in Sofia, along with other people in the capital, but also in Vratsa and Vidin in a country-wide operation.

A socialist MP has agreed to have her immunity from criminal prosecution lifted in relation to an ongoing probe, her party reports.

Svetla Bachvarova-Piralkova, from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), is facing up to ten years in prison if indicted and found guilty.

There is no legal mechanism allowing the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) to step down, in line with demands of the main ruling parties, Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has said.