News archive of July 2017

Turkey hits PKK targets in northern Iraq, kills seven militants

Seven outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in air operations in northern Iraq's Zap region on July 30 and 31, the Turkish General Staff has said in a statement. 

It said airstrikes on PKK targets in the Zap region on July 30 killed three PKK militants and destroyed two ammunition depots and two logistics bases.     

China's factory growth cools but construction boom fortifies economy

Growth in China's manufacturing sector cooled slightly in July as foreign demand for Chinese goods slackened, but a government-led infrastructure push kept construction humming and helped prop up the world's second-largest economy. 

Time for Turkish economy to leap up as worst is over: Deputy PM Şimşek

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said the worst is over for the Turkish economy, adding that it was time to leap ahead for the economy. 

In an interview with daily Milliyet on July 31, Şimşek said Turkey lured nearly $5 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of the year. 

Turkish educators on hunger strike taken to hospital by 'force,' lawyer says

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça were taken to Ankara's Sincan Prison Campus Hospital "by force" on the 143rd day of their hunger strikes early on July 29 although the authorities did not have their consent, the educators' lawyer Ebru Timtik said.

Man, 35, dies after being hit by boat propeller

Authorities are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man from Switzerland who was slashed by a boat propeller in the Ionian island of Corfu on Monday.

The man, whose name has not been made public, had been boating with his wife when he was struck while in the water.

He was taken to the General Hospital of Corfu where he was pronounced dead by doctors.

Serbia is changing and changing fast, Brnabic tells Guardian

LONDON - Serbia is changing and changing fast as it has no time to lose, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has told the Guardian in her first interview to a foreign newspaper since taking office, noting she was "part of that change."

"Brnabic is gay and has achieved high office without being a member of a political party," the paper noted.

Drecun: Dialogue no sign of our readiness to recognise Kosovo

BELGRADE - The initiative to launch internal dialogue on Kosovo is no sign of Serbia's readiness to recognise Kosovo as an independent state, but a readiness to make our proposal for an ultimate solution to the problem, says Milovan Drecun, chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

Dacic, Fabrizi: EU membership priority, relations sincere

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Friday spoke with Sem Fabrizi, head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, noting that EU membership remained Serbia's foreign policy priority.

Brnabic: Future of Serbian citizens lies in EU

BELGRADE - The future of Serbian citizens lies in the EU and the new government will continue to work actively on bringing Serbia closer to the European family as soon as possible, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said during a meeting with the new head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi.

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