News archive of February 2016

Kazakhstan will reconsider Serbia's request for export of 5,000 domestically-made cars to the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said this after a meeting with the country's Prime Minister Karim Massimov.

Russia's Gazprom, Italy's Edison and Greece's DEPA will make a cost efficiency assessment of potential supplies of Russian gas under the Black Sea to Italy and Greece by the end of the year, the Chief Executive Officer of the Russian gas giant, Alexey Miller, has said. 

A suffocating situation is created in Greece with more than 25,000 refugees and immigrants trapped in the country, while FYROM has essentially sealed its border.

The Montenegrin police accused the Special Prosecutor's Office of the illegal arrests of several senior police officers on Sunday on suspicion of involvement in organized crime and demanded protection from Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.

In a statement late on Sunday, the Police Directorate complained of a "constant atmosphere of distrust" created by the prosecution.

Recent hikes in electricity costs have produced anger even among ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentarians, prompting a defense from the Energy Ministry.

More than 150,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since Syria's crisis began, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Lütfi Elvan said on Feb. 29, underscoring the humanitarian burden incurred by Ankara during the conflict.  

At least 30 migrants, including many children, have sought medical help after they broke through the fence on the Macedonia-Greece border.

To prevent refugees from going into the territory of Macedonia, the police threw tear gas and stun grenades. Nobody was arrested during the incident on Monday morning.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has welcomed the acquittal of its members in several cases, proving the "righteousness" in its "faith in the fair completion" of the trials, according to a statement.

European Union is currently drafting emergency plans for Greece and other countries of the Balkan Corridor so that a humanitarian crisis is avoided, said on Monday EU spokesperson Mina Andreeva.

Y?ld?z Holding Chairman Murat Ülker was again named Turkey's wealthiest person in 2016 with a fortune of $2.9 billion, Forbes magazine revealed on Feb. 29.