Political spectrum

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Sofia this afternoon with Black lives matter posters, anti-racist messages and as part of a global series of protests over the assassination of George Floyd in the United States.  

The Bulgarian protest was attended by Bulgarians and foreigners, approximately equally, mostly with signs in English.

Security units seized some 333,000 roots of cannabis sativa and at least 110 kilograms (nearly 250 pounds). of marijuana in eastern Turkey, authorities said on June 8. 

Greeks appear less worried about the coronavirus pandemic than they were in April, according to a poll by Pulse on behalf of Skai TV.

Some 496,841 people, who did not comply with coronavirus measures, have been prosecuted and subjected to administrative proceedings so far, Interior Ministry spokesperson İbrahim Çataklı said in a press conference on June 4.

Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun has spoken with U.S. Ambassador to Ankara David Satterfield by phone on June 3 to express concern over an incident in which TRT World journalists were injured during protests in the U.S. against the killing of an unarmed black man.

Whenever we received our report card from school back in my day, the last thing we cared about was the conduct grade of "excellence" we all received. We never knew anyone who received a grade of "decent." We could not understand why there were only two grades, but what we didn't know because it was so rare was that there was also a third one: "reprehensible."

Turkish forces "neutralized" 10 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on May 27. 
Five terrorists were "neutralized" in Haftanin and Hakurk regions after they were detected through reconnaissance and surveillance activities, the ministry said in a tweet.

Turkish jets "neutralized" at least four PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on May 25.

The terrorists were "neutralized" in Hakurk region after they were detected by reconnaissance and surveillance activities, the ministry said on Twitter.

The normalization process will not be about abandoning measures all together but we have to adapt to the new normal, Turkey's presidential spokesperson said on May 23. 

"We need to get used to living with masks. Turkey will go down to history when this coronavirus pandemic is over and it is written down," Ibrahim Kalın said on local television station NTV.

Police in Athens said on Friday that they have identified the perpetrators behind the vandalism of a supermarket in the southern coastal suburb of Alimos last Saturday.