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Turkey has received its second A400M tactical transport aircraft from the Airbus consortium, the country's top defense industry procurement body has announced.

UNSC to soon discuss Palestinian request

NEW YORK -- The UN Security Council will decide on the request for recognition of a Palestinian state at the end of the year, said chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended an invitation Jean-Claude Juncker to visit Turkey, as he called to congratulate the EU chief over his "new" post after being elected head of the European Commission back in July.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Dec. 17 to extend cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrians in rebel-held areas without Syrian government approval.
     

The European Commission has decided to ask all member states to provide information about their tax rulings to ensure compliance with the EU's state aid rules.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, will launch flights to 16 new foreign destinations from İzmir and Antalya by summer 2015.

SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis has called on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to explain himself over comments favouring the current government, accusing the former Luxembourg prime minister of “political intervention” in Greece.

Bulgaria has the lowest consumption per capita among the 28 member states of the European Union.

This was revealed by the latest data from Eurostat, which was published on Thursday.

Albania has the lowest Gross Domestic Product, GDP, per capita and the lowest Actual Individual Consumption, AIC, of 37 European countries, according to a report by the EU statistics agency Eurostat.

The research covered all EU member states, plus Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro, Bosnia and Albania.

York Global Finance Offshore BDH (Luxembourg) S.a.r.I. announced the acquisition of another 5,133,174 shares in blue chip Terna Energy on Thursday in a non-bourse transaction amounting to a 4.70 percent stake in the Athens-listed company.

The share purchase has seen York Global’s stake in the Greek energy firm climb to 7.70 percent,corresponding to 8,412,606 shares.