News archive of January 2018

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to discuss the outcome of the Syrian National Dialogue Summit in Sochi and developments regarding Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, Daily Sabah reported.

The Time Magazine has ranked Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj among the five most wanted "geopolitical fugitives of 2018", Gazeta Express reported.

The big news that all fans of Arsenal expected is a fact. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is now a player of the "Gunners", confirmed the two clubs. Londoners boast that the transfer is a record for the club. According to the media in England, the deal is worth 56 million pounds.

In tropical Malaysia and Singapore, Winter Olympics medals are rarer than snowflakes -- but a dedicated group of athletes are hoping to change that as they make their countries’ debut Games appearances.

Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool have got its season “back on track” after a 3-0 victory over Huddersfield Town.

James Harden became the first player in NBA history to record a 60-point triple double as the short-handed Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic 114-107 Jan. 30 night.

Greece expects to make a clean break with official lenders when its international bailout expires in August and has no reason to seek a precautionary credit line, its finance minister said in an interview.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned on Jan. 30 that “public dissatisfaction is bubbling up” in the Middle East and North Africa, calling for reforms that “respond faster to the expectations and sometimes to the frustration of the people.

French, Germans, Belgians and other residents of Western Europe are asking to buy property on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. At the same time, real estate developers registered a drop in the number of Russians investing in holiday properties on the Black Sea coast.

Greece sold 813 million euros ($1.01 billion) of six-month T-bills on Wednesday to refinance a maturing issue, the country's debt agency PDMA said.

The T-bills were sold at a yield of 1.13 percent, down 52 basis points from a previous sale in January. The amount raised included 187.5 million euros in non-competitive bids.