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Egypt condemns Turkey decision to allow troop deployment to Libya
Egypt strongly condemned on Thursday a vote by Turkey's parliament vote to allow a troop deployment to Libya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt said any such deployment could "negatively affect the stability of the Mediterranean region" and called on the international community to urgently respond to the move. [Reuters]
Turkey says Trump, Erdogan discussed Libya in phone call
US President Donald Trump discussed the situation in Libya with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Thursday, Turkey's presidency said less than an hour after Ankara passed a bill allowing troop deployment to Tripoli.
Erdogan says up to 250,000 people fleeing from Syria's Idlib towards Turkey
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing from the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib towards Turkey, adding that Ankara was trying to prevent them from crossing its border.
Turkey slashes January domestic borrowing by $1.6 billion
Turkey's Treasury on Tuesday slashed its domestic borrowing amount for January by almost 10 billion lira ($1.68 billion) to 15 billion lira, according to its three-month domestic borrowing strategy.
Greek retail sales up 7.1 pct y/y in October
Greek retail sales by volume rose 7.1 percent in October compared to the same month last year after an downwardly revised 5.0 percent increase in September, statistics service ELSTAT said on Tuesday.
Retail sales were led higher by purchases of medicines and cosmetics, followed by stationery, the data showed.
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Aegean tables bid for Croatia Airlines
Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines has expressed interest in the privatization of Croatia Airlines and submitted a non-binding bid, it said on Friday.
Aegean, a member of the Star Alliance group, said any decision on whether it would take part in the next phase of the state-owned Croatian carrier's privatization would be taken in the coming months.
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Erdogan says Turkey to send troops to Libya
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey will send troops to Libya now that the north African country requested it, and he will present deployment legislation to the Turkish parliament in January.
Erdogan visited Tunisia on Wednesday to discuss cooperation for a possible ceasefire in neighbouring Libya.
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Ceres to acquire stake in Global Chartering
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, has agreed to sell a 50 percent stake in its shipping business, the first step in its plan to offload $2 billion of assets by the middle of 2021 to reduce its debt.
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Erdogan says Turkey will retaliate against possible US sanctions
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday that Ankara would retaliate against potential US sanctions over its purchase of Russian defense systems and a natural gas pipeline.
Greek jobless rate drops to 16.4 percent in third quarter
Greece's jobless rate fell to 16.4 percent in July-to-September from 16.9 percent in the second quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.
About 73.6 percent of Greece's 777,000 jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed.