Swaziland

More than 2.7 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul in the first six months of 2021, the provincial directorate of culture and tourism has said.

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In June alone, the number of foreign arrivals amounted to 685,000 people and this was the highest figure in the past 16 months.

The books of German archaeologist Professor Manfred Osman Korfmann, who headed excavations in the ancient city of Troy between 1988 and 2005, were donated by his family after his death to the Çanakkale-Tübingen Troia Foundation's library. Now, the books light the way for future archaeologists.

High taxes, a huge administrative burden due to the ubiquitous red tape, and a local justice system that is not seen as particularly independent continue to weigh on Greece's position in the Economic Freedom of the World chart.

Breathe easy, Switzerland: The tiny African kingdom of Swaziland is changing its name.

At first glance eSwatini reads like the name of a Silicon Valley start-up company. But rather than an overnight success story, eSwatini is the name Africa's King Mswati III will change Swaziland's to overnight.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva arrived at Oliver Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa (RSO), the Foreign Ministry said. On the first day of her visit, she will co-chair the ministerial meeting in the framework of the political dialogue between the European Union and the South African Development Community (SADC).

These countries promised to meet international and European standards to block tax evasion until 2019.

In a set of measures passed by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, made up of the economy and finance ministers of all EU states, it's made clear that Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro have accepted the European Commission's request.

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Brits made 70.8 million visits overseas in 2016, with 49% of all trips taking them to either Spain, France, Italy, the Republic of Ireland, or the USA.

A new United Nations report says 34 countries, nearly 80 percent of them in Africa, do not have enough food for their people because of conflicts, drought and flooding.

The figure has grown from 33 last December, after the addition of Swaziland, which was placed under the countries with severe localized food insecurity. 

Turkcell has renewed an offer to establish a joint fiber infrastructure company with other operators due to the high cost of acting separately, according to Chief Technology Officer ?lker Kuruöz.