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Turkish PM Davuto?lu holds hasty meeting with Central Bank head on return from New York
Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has held meetings with the chiefs of key monetary and financial institutions, including the Central Bank governor, shortly after returning from New York where he had sought to assure investors spooked by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s recent tirades against the Central Bank.
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Austria will not return Klimt to former Jewish owner's heirs
One of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings will not be returned to the heirs of its Jewish former owner in a case that has tested Austria's laws on restitution of looted art.
Iran hints might be open to 10-yr partial freeze of nuclear work
Iran's foreign minister on March 5 suggested that a 10-year moratorium on some aspects of the country's nuclear program might be acceptable to Tehran, though he declined to discuss the issue in detail.
Venizelos won't be called to give evidence in Papaconstantinou trial
Former Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will not give evidence at the trial of his predecessor Giorgos Papaconstantinou, it was decided on Thursday.
Papaconstantinou is being tried in a special court for allegedly doctoring the Lagarde list of Greeks with deposits in Switzerland.
Kerry briefs wary Gulf ministers after Iran nuclear talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday briefed wary Gulf ministers about his latest nuclear talks with Iran as Washington and its regional allies seek to stabilise a troubled Middle East.
Ex-SDOE chief Diotis says he received altered Lagarde list
The former head of the Financial Crime Squad (SDOE), Yiannis Diotis, on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing in the handling of the Lagarde list and insisted that the memory stick he was given containing the names of Greeks with deposits in Switzerland had been tampered with before he got his hands on it.
Number of Russian tourists visiting Antalya decreases 41 percent
The number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya decreased by 41 percent in the first two months of the year, much higher than the overall decrease in visitors to the province of 2.9 percent, according to data from the Association of Mediterranean Tourism and Hoteliers of Turkey (AKTOB).
Netanyahu denounces Obama push for Iran nuclear deal
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced President Barack Obama's drive for a nuclear accord with Iran on March 3, warning Washington is paving Tehran's path to a bomb.
Netanyahu takes fight against Obama's Iran plan to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes to Capitol Hill on March 3 for another round in an increasingly heated battle with the White House over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
In a landmark speech to Congress, Netanyahu will seek to mobilise lawmakers to oppose an emerging deal with Tehran which is backed by President Barack Obama.