Criticism

The SJC approved Ivan Geshev as the new  Chief Public Prosecutor. His candidacy was the only one for the post. The hearing began at 10 o'clock in the morning yesterday and lasted nearly 10 hours. He gave an interview specifically for BNT.

Many criticisms were heard as well as positive reviews about Geshev. Which critics he thinks are appropriate?

The German Embassy in Athens and the German-Hellenic Chamber of Industry and Commerce announced on Wednesday that they are offering their support to this year's InvestGR Forum for Foreign Investments in Greece, to take place in June.

Wolfgang Schaeuble has fended off criticism of being too harsh on Greece as finance minister of Germany.

Vucic said he would until then "continue the fight not to lose everything, but to try to get something" - which he said seemed to him like "we have a good opportunity to do."

"The Serb people will not be losers, we will not lose everything, we count also on higher wages, and we have a clear road to the future and security," Vucic said in a statement for RTS.

Protesters held banners reading "Down with capitalism" and "Father of all dictators" at the unveiling of a statue of Karl Marx in the German city of Trier, reflecting the polarizing legacy of the philosopher in his birthplace and beyond, on May 5.

The president of the European Commission has defended Karl Marx's record as a philosopher, arguing that he is not "responsible" for mistakes and atrocities committed in his name after his death.

The London-based NGO Index on Censorship has shortlisted the Croatian independent weekly Novosti as one of only four finalists for its prestigious 2018 Freedom of Expression Award.

The French Interior Minister says no part of France is free from risk after revealing that 20 planned terrorist attacks had been thwarted in the last 12 months.

Twenty attacks were foiled in France last year and no part of the country is free from risk, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said in an interview Monday.

The Archbishop of Albania Anastasios has urged the Greek people to resist the decadence and corruption that pervades all aspects of life today and learn to look at the reality of the Greek financial crisis candidly. 

In an interview with Sunday's issue of Kathimerini, Anastasios said that "the financial crisis did not come out of the sky like a parachute." 

His victory caps a campaign in which Pahor was the towering figure as the incumbent, his long political record offering plenty of opportunities for attacks by his eight opponents already before the first round of the election, as well as before the run-off.