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Turkey's interior minister holds talks with Saudi counterpart in Riyadh

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala has held a meeting with Saudi Arabian counterpart Mohammed bin Nayef in Riyadh during with the pair agreed to continue effective bilateral relations under Saudi Arabia?s new ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.

The visit and the meeting were announced late on Feb. 15 in a written statement released by the Turkish Interior Ministry.

Bourse sharks smelled blood, taking a bite

By Ilias Bellos

While the ratio between foreign sellers and buyers of Greek stocks has reached two-to-one in recent weeks, according major local stock brokers, buyers have recently included a new generation of investment groups aiming to benefit from the very low prices, mostly of Greek banks but also of other large groups.

Rallies in solidarity with Greece around Europe (Map)

Just a few hours ahead of the critical Eurogroup meeting on Monday, where the Eurozone Finance Minister will be called to decide Greece's future, a wave of solidarity sweeps the continent.

Thousands of citizens will gather today in many European cities to express their support for Greece and protest against austerity.

London firemen fear rise in 'Fifty Shades' sex mishaps

Firefighters in London fear a rise in calls from people getting trapped in objects like handcuffs after the release of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film on Feb. 12.
      
The city's fire brigade said it had seen a rise in incidents involving people getting stuck in compromising situations since the release of the kinky book by British author E.L. James in 2011.
      

Ai Weiwei zodiac heads sell for record $4.3m in London

A set of 12 gold-plated animal head sculptures by China's Ai Weiwei sold for 2.8 million ($4.3 million, 3.8 million euros) at auction on Feb. 12, setting a new record for the dissident artist's work.
      
The 2010 work "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads" led a contemporary art sale by auction house Philips in London.
      

Liberalisation of Electricity Market to be Concluded by End of Year - MP

Delyan Dobrev, chairperson of the parliamentary Energy Committee, said that the liberalisation of the electricity market in Bulgaria should be completed in practice by the end of the year.

Dobrev explained that this will allow both businesses and individual customers to choose their supplier of electricity from among a list of 100 licensed companies.

10 things you may not know about Yanis Varoufakis (photos+videos)

1. He writes his name with one n instead of two because of a conflict with a teacher in primary school. He liked seeing it with one n, she kept insisting two. Once she marked down an exam from 10/10 to 8/10 for this reason. When 13, he found a book by Yianis Kordatos who also prefered the one n spelling and that was the end of it?

2. In 1983, he lived in London and had hair?

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