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Iraqi archaeologists to be trained in reconstruction of heritage sites under scheme funded by 3 million government grantThe British Museum is to set up a training scheme for Iraqi archaeologists to tackle the aftermath of destruction wrought by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Art Newspaper has reported. 

Daily Hürriyet columnist, screenwriter and actress Gülse Birsel has received the Social Success Award from the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) in London on Oct. 28. 

Birsel, who usually writes two humorous columns for daily Hürriyet a week evaluating the Turkish society and the daily issues most of the people in Turkey face, was awarded CEFTUS' Social Success Award. 

Frommers website announced the most beautiful metro stations in the world taking into account safety, cleanliness, cost, but also great architecture or underground shops and eateries.

Athens Metro Station in Greece ranked 8th among the subways of London, Moscow and Stockholm.

Romania's decision-making chamber, the Chamer of Deputies, on Wednesday is to approve a law on voting by post, which leaders say will encourage participation in elections among Romanians living abroad.

The new James Bond film 'Spectre' premiered in London Oct 26 at a glitzy event. 'I hate watching myself on screen but I love playing James Bond,' Craig said on the red carpetJames Bond has a license to thrill once more in new film "Spectre," which premiered on Oct. 26 at a glitzy event attended by Prince William, his wife Kate and brother Prince Harry.

The Turkish government has hired an international law firm to investigate the worldwide activities of the government's friend-turned-foe U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen's Hizmet (Service) Movement. 

A total of 26,939 Bulgarian nationals have cast ballots in the country's referendum on the introduction of remote electronic voting, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia announced on Monday.

Bulgaria held the national referendum alongside local elections on Sunday.

Since the start of 2015, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and equity funds across Europe have signed investment agreements worth over €1 billion which will provide equity financing for businesses. These 28 transactions benefit from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe.

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis may well maintain that he doesn’t get paid even for the use of his taxi when he travels abroad, however the truth is that he receives 60,000 dollars (53,000 euros) for talks on the disastrous state of the Greek economy.

Hürriyet became the only Turkish company found eligible to attend in the TalentConnect conference, organized by global professional social network Linkedin to create a platform to discuss best human resources policies. 

A total of 17 Turkish companies applied to tell their stories, but only Hürriyet took the pass card.