New Year's Eve

A foreign national has received serious burns during the New Year celebrations in Novi Sad's Sloboda (Freedom) Square.

Reports on Monday said that he was being treated at the Clinical Center of Vojvodina and that his condition was stable.

More than a million New Yorkers and tourists in Times Square braved the minus-12 degree Celsius weather to welcome in 2018, just one of the cities worldwide to celebrate New Year's Eve with midnight celebrations.

It was second-coldest New Year's Eve recorded at New York's Times Square, matching 1962. The coldest was in 1917, when it was minus-17.

The New Year’s Eve was celebrated across Turkey amid tight security measures, with several roads closed to vehicle traffic and bans on celebrations in popular districts.

Millions around the world welcome 2018 with fireworks, celebrations

The Tango Factory dance school and Argentinean musician Sabrina Tonelli will be at Monastiraki Square from noon to 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve showing the public what a great milonga party is all about. Professional instructors will be at hand to teach you all the moves. The event is free of charge.

More than 30 Greek firms and brands will be showing their original designs in accessories, clothing, home deco, jewelry, natural products and much, much more at the New Year's Eve edition of the Meet Market. The admission-free event at Six Dogs starts at noon.

Six Dogs, 6-8 Avramiotou, Monastiraki,
tel 210.321.0510

Authorities in EU countries and the US have announced strong security measures for New Year's Eve celebrations. New York police have announced an increase in police surveillance posts, which will mostly apply to Times Square, where most people are traditionally gathered, media reported in the US quoted by bTV.

Authorities in Istanbul have taken measures to prevent illegal cutting down of pine trees ahead of New Year’s Eve, with officials carrying out extensive controls in forested areas for the past 15 days to protect the trees.

New Year’s Eve celebrations in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district have been cancelled due to security concerns.

The chimes of London's iconic Big Ben, the bell that marks time in the clock over the Houses of Parliament, rang out again on Saturday after being silenced for restoration work, reported CNN.