Public sphere

Palestinians who live in Greece throw stones at the Israeli embassy in Athens, Tuesday. Hundreds of protesters marched to the Israeli embassy in Athens to protest the United States' decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem and to condemn the death of dozens of Palestinians killed Monday by Israeli troops in a mass march on the Gaza border. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]

Greece's foreign ministry expressed on Tuesday its "abhorrence and deep concern" at the deaths of Palestinian protesters from Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and called on both sides to show restraint to avoid escalating the violence.

Europeans with populist views believe less in the media than other citizens and are much more critical of media coverage on key topics such as immigration, the economy and crime. This has found a study by the Phu Research Center, conducted among 16,000 people in 8 West European countries quoted by the Guardian.

Iran on May 11 condemned Israel's air raids in Syria, saying they had been launched on "invented pretexts". 

The public procurement law, the public-private partnership law, the setting up of the Commerce Chamber of Romania, the creation of the state-aid scheme regarding the interest free 40,000 RON grants for the young, as well as the strengthening of the programme for the persons with disabilities are among the Romanian government's priorities on the second quarter of 2018, Prime minister Vio

Larry Harvey, the man who founded the popular Burning Man countercultural festival, died April 28 after suffering a massive stroke in early April, event organizers said. He was 70.

The foreign ministry condemned on Sunday the paint attack against the French embassy and consulate in Athens by self-proclaimed anarchist group Rouvikonas, saying all action is taken to bring those responsible to justice.

"We unequivocally condemn the damages caused by members of an anti-establishment group on the French embassy by throwing paint," the ministry said.

The foreign ministers of Belgium and Germany, Didier Reynders and Heiko Maas respectively, stressed on Friday the importance of finding a political situation to the Syrian conflict and avoiding an escalation, Brussels Times reported.

Turkey on April 8 offered condolences to Germany after an attack in a western city that killed three people.

The strategic plan of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (EESYP) shifts its emphasis to the utilization of the state's real estate assets and to the holdings in state corporations recently conceded to EESYP, the so-called "privatizations hyperfund."