Agresorul poliţistului din Târgovişte a fost prins
Daniel Uta, tânărul care a bătut un poliţist din Târgovişte, a fost prins duminică seara în Bucureşti. Poliţistul pe care l-a lovit în cap este în comă. Agresorul este membru al grupării interlope Ghenosu, cunoscută pentru infracţiuni cu violenţă. Poliţistul pe care bătăuşul l-a băgat în spital îl cerceta în mai multe dosare penale, au declarat colegii de sindicat ai agentului. Tânărul interlop a mai fost implicat în violenţe: acum patru luni şi-a sechestrat şi şi-a bătut crunt prietena fata unui şef de post.
Руски тенисер Николај Давиденко елиминисан је већ у 2. коло Отвореног првенства САД у Њујорку пошто га је победио Француз Ришар Гаске са 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Поред Давиденка који је био 6. носилац, учешће на последњем овогодишњем Грен слем турниру у другом колу је завршио и 11. "костураш", Марин Чилић из Хрватске. Њега је после пет сетова и пет сати игре савладао Јапанац Кеи Нишикори са 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.
У преосталим мечевима 2. кола постигнути су ови резултати:
Fratele preşedintelui, acuzat că ar fi lovit o femeie cu care s-a şicanat în trafic
Tânăra, angajată a Consiliului Judeţean Constanţa, a reclamat incidentul la poliţie şi susţine că nu ştia cine e şoferul care ar fi agresat-o. Mircea Băsescu recunoaşte că a avut loc un incident în trafic, dar spune că nu a agresat-o pe şoferiţă. Luna trecută, chiar preşedintele Traian Băsescu a fost acuzat că ar fi dat o palmă unui avocat. Incidentul s-ar fi petrecut la Neptun. Administraţia prezidenţială a spus, printr-un comunicat, că nu a existat niciun contact fizic între preşedinte şi avocat. Avocatul nu a depus încă plângere.
Bulgarian FinMin Blames Ex Cabinet for Health Care Collapse
The expenditures for hospital care are consistently going up over the decision of the previous cabinet to use the National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) to finance hospitals, Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, says.
The Minister spoke Thursday in the Parliament where he appeared to answer questions from the Members of the General Assembly.
According to Djankov, the health care system needs more and more money and this is the failure of the executive and legislative power during previous government terms.
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Hijacked German Ship Freed, No Bulgarians Aboard
There are no Bulgarian nationals aboard the German cargo ship, sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, which was hijacked by Somali pirates on Wednesday, the foreign ministry announced.
Meanwhile the German container ship Magellan Star was freed on Thursday after a standoff between Somali pirates and international naval forces.
No further details on how the release of the vessel was secured were immediately available.
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France Demands Roma Integration Plan from Romania
Amidst its controversial campaign to deport Roma squatters back to Bulgaria and Romania, France is going to ask the latter to come up with an emergency integration plan for the Roma minority.
This has been announced by French State Secretary on EU affairs, Pierre Lellouche, in Bucharest on Thursday, right before talks between the governments of France and Romania on the Roma issue in Bucharest, as cited by BGNES.
The high-level French state delegation to the Romanian capital is led by French Immigration Minister Eric Besson.... Read more...
Bulgarian Finance Minister: Tax Hike Is Mandated by EC
The fiscal effect of the potential tax increases would be minimal, Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, says.
The Minister spoke to reporters Thursday in the Parliament's hallway after appearing to answer questions from the Members of the General Assembly.
Djankov stated for now the planned amendments in the tax laws stem from European directives.
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PM forms team to tackle crisis
The new, small team that will form the government's driving force following the Cabinet reshuffle was revealed yesterday, as sources said the shake-up has left some ministers unsure what their duties are.
Prime Minister George Papandreou had wanted to app... ... Read more...
Railway workers to keep up action
Passengers intending to travel by rail today face a second consecutive day of frustration as workers of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) are planning to continue their protests against the government's plans to privatize the debt-ridden firm even ... ... Read more...
Tougher Siemens probe on way
The head of the parliamentary committee investigating the Siemens bribery scandal, Sifis Valyrakis, said yesterday that the panel will be recommending to the House that a more thorough, preliminary judicial inquiry be held into the affair.
Even though the... ... Read more...
First official visit...
Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (left) addresses his Cypriot counterpart Marcos Kyprianou. Droutsas flew to Larnaca yesterday on his first official visit since being promoted from alternate foreign minister. Droutsas revealed that he spent the first fi... ... Read more...
Crooked prof taught a lesson
Aristotle University's disciplinary board has handed down its first three-month suspension of a professor over blackmail charges, it was revealed yesterday.
The board launched an inquiry into the Department of Medicine professor, whose name has not been r... ... Read more...
PASOKs traveling circus
George Papandreou, Greece's Socialist prime minister, has finally announced his new Cabinet lineup. The much-heralded reshuffle has introduced a bigger government - with the number of Cabinet members rising to 48 from 36 - which is in itself an interestin... ... Read more...
Athens a city on the skids
Almost everything about downtown Athens would make one think that it is a city in a developing country, and the situation does not seem to be getting any better.
It seems that there is a beggar on every street corner and you see stray dogs milling around ... ... Read more...
Shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes
There are more employees than clients in Andreas Triandafillidis's clothes shop in central Athens. Austerity has kicked in and the shirts stay on the racks despite a 50 percent discount.
«People just walk by, they don't even look at our window,» said Tria... ... Read more...
Greek women into Euro final
The women's national water polo team made history yesterday by reaching the final of the European Championship with its impressive 10-5 win over Italy in the semifinal in Zagreb, Croatia.
This is the first time a Greek team - women or men - has reached th... ... Read more...
Solid defense earns soccer team a point in Croatia
The Greek national soccer team has made up for its home draw against Georgia last week, thanks to a solid display of defensive play in Croatia which earned it a 0-0 draw for the 2012 European Championship qualifiers on Tuesday evening.
Greece opted for a ... ... Read more...
Pateras is back in the PAO chair
Nikolas Pateras is back at the top of the Panathinaikos soccer club board table as of yesterday, following his meeting with Yiannis Vardinoyiannis and Andreas Vgenopoulos in the afternoon.
The Greens' three main shareholders also decided not to proceed wi... ... Read more...
Stocks drop by close to 2 percent
Greek stocks fell sharply yesterday as losses in index heavyweight National Bank (NBG) dragged the market lower.
The Athens bourse's benchmark general index fell 1.96 percent to 1,586.62 points after rebounding from a session low of 1,557 points.
The blue... ... Read more...
Recession deepens further in Q2
Greece's economy contracted in the second quarter of the year more than originally estimated, as the government cut back on spending and raised taxes in a bid to trim its massive budget deficit.
Gross domestic product shrank 1.8 percent from the first qua... ... Read more...
Tourism sector warns against further VAT hike
While the decline in annual tourism revenues is no longer expected to exceed 10 percent, thanks to numerous offers made by the sector's enterprises to offset the drop, tourism professionals are warning of greater losses and more unemployment next year if ... ... Read more...
NBG denies M&A talk; shares fall
Greece's largest lender National Bank (NBG) is not eyeing any immediate moves to merge with or acquire another bank after announcing a 2.8-billion-euro plan to boost capital, its chief executive said yesterday.
«We don't have immediate plans for a merger ... ... Read more...
Greeces cigar market...
A worker rolls a cigar, possibly among those to be imported to Greece, in this file photo. Good-quality cigars are also produced in northern Greece, in areas where the climate is damp and warm. Data from research company ICAP showed yesterday that Greece'... ... Read more...
