Applied ethics

Aslan Park, the world’s third zoo exclusively consisting of big cats, has opened to visitors in Istanbul. Click through for the story in photos...

A team of Four Paws have forced their way into a private zoo and rescued the final few malnourished and diseased animals from it, the Bulgarian office of the International Animal Protection Organization announced, quoted by bTV. 

Among the rescuers. there were also employees of the Dancing Bears Park near Belitsa.

Turkey must update its laws to deter perpetrators if it wants to end violence against animals, according to a prominent animal rights activist.

Ferries will remain moored at Greek ports on Monday, 3 September, after the union representing the country's seamen confirmed it will hold a 24-hour strike.

The Panhellenic Seamen's Union (PNO) decided to push ahead with the strike at a meeting on Wednesday after rejecting an offer from shipowners for a 1 percent pay increase for crews under a collective bargaining agreement.

The head of a leading activist group has slammed a new animal rights bill in the Turkish Parliament as a "license to kill," opposing the government's view that it could solve Turkey's worsening problem of violence against stray animals. 

A bill that had proposed changes to the treatment of pets and stray animals has been withdrawn from public discussion following vehement criticism by animal rights groups over its provisions.

Agricultural Development Minister Vangelis Apostolou said Tuesday the legislation would be reviewed and reopened to debate once the contentious provisions have been revised.

A bill that had proposed changes to the treatment of pets and stray animals has been withdrawn from public discussion following vehement criticism by animal rights groups about its provisions.

Agricultural Development Minister Vangelis Apostolou said on Tuesday the legislation would be reviewed and reopened to debate once the contentious provisions have been revised.

Battle for the Babies

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President Klaus Iohannis has called on Parliament to reexamine a law supplementing Law 176/2010 on integrity in the discharge of public duties, amending and supplementing Law 144/2007 on the establishment, organisation and operation of the National Integrity Agency (ANI).

Police arrested a 23-year-old Tuesday on charges of distributing child pornography online.

The suspect was traced to his home in Attica by police who were tipped off by the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Authorities had earlier secured permission from an Athens prosecutor to temporarily lift the confidentiality of communications law.