Azerbaijan

Having produced Turkey's first electromagnetic anti-drone weapon, technology firm Harp Arge (R&D) has developed a new model for the international market.

Harp Arge General Coordinator Aytekin Güçlü told Anadolu Agency on Aug. 3 that the company has launched a marketing study partnership with Turkey's Koza Construction and Defense Industry after receiving heavy demand from abroad.

Bulgarian companies are interested in the Pirallahi Industrial Park and currently exploring the possibilities for future cooperation, according to AzerNews.

Bosnia's Klepsidra academic association has been criticised after announcing that Ilham Aliyev will be this year's recipient of the annual award it gives to presidents and prime ministers.

Critics cited Aliyev's poor human rights record in energy-rich Azerbaijan, which has jailed journalists and political opponents.

Two-time Olympic champion Maria Grozdeva won a bronze medal in the 25-meter pistol at the European Shooting Championship, held in Baku (Azerbaijan).

Monika Karsh (Germany) won the gold in the discipline, and the second place was for Claudia Bress from Poland. Our other representative in the finals Antoaneta Boneva finished fourth.

Panathinaikos and PAOK secured positive results in their first-leg games for the third qualifying round of the Europe League on Thursday, while Panionios suffered a reverse it can overcome in the return game.

Azerbaijan and Bulgaria will sign an agreement on social security, according to News.az.

The document will regulate the right to receive pensions and unemployment benefits for citizens of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria who work or worked in one of the two countries.

The Center for Turkish Studies (CTRS) at Kadir Has University has released the results of its annual Public Perceptions on Turkish Foreign Policy survey last week.

Three Turkish defense firms took their place this year in a prestigious list of the world's top 100 defense firms, with two climbing up the rankings and the third making its debut.

Greece's privatisation agency TAIPED said on Monday it had extended the deadline for submission of expressions of interest in natural gas grid operator DESFA to August 7.

Greece is seeking a buyer for a 66 percent stake in the grid under a privatisation scheme it has agreed with international lenders.

Monday had been the deadline.

A recent poll has revealed that the majority of Turkish citizens consider the fight against terrorism as the most important problem for Turkish foreign policy.

Some 44 percent said the fight against terror is the most important issue of foreign policy in the poll conducted by Kadir Has University. The Syrian issue ranked second by 24.6 percent.