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Turkey should prioritize expanding freedom of speech to achieve improvement in its bid to join the European Union, according to Neelie Kroes, the vice president of the EU Commission.

Istanbul’s newest music festival GNCFEST’14 will bring together American rapper Pharrell Williams, Romanian singer Inna and British singer and actress Rita Ora at ITÜ Stadium in Istanbul on Sept. 7.

Turkey has begun hosting the ninth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, a United Nations-mandated organization, despite a number of recent controversies regarding the country's Internet freedom record.

Speaking at the event Sept. 2, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Lütfi Elvan focused mainly on the issues of “cybercrimes.”

Video of Greek army creates controversy in region

As in many other countries, the "ice bucket challenge" has taken hold among celebrities and politicians in the Balkans.

The Good Music in Town Concerts will warm up audiences in Istanbul in October and November. Tickets for the concerts are now on sale Well-known international artists will take the stage in Istanbul during the “Good Music in Town Concerts,” series, which will be organized for the 70th year of Yapı Kredi in October and November.
  

Passengers braced for turbulence, or worse, some technical problem when Ali Kuzey stated “This is the captain speaking” during a Turkish Airlines flight from Van to Istanbul. But it was definitely not turbulence – if not a turbulent moment of emotion by the pilot.

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe is no stranger to scandals; however, the latest incident that followed the resignation of coach Ersun Yanal marks a new low in the history of Turkish football.

The Municipality of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna published on its YouTube channel a video, promoting the city. 

It is part of the city's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2019. 

The video is a little over five minutes long and features bird's eye view of the city and its most notable buildings and sights.

Secretary of State with the Labour Ministry Codrin Scutaru on Friday said that the gestures by some xenophobe groups of vilifying the Romanian community in Spain must be firmly discouraged by the Romanian and Spanish authorities.