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Requests for Increasing Electricity, Heating Prices Are Unfounded - Bulgaria's Deputy PM
There is no reason for an increase in electricity prices or heating rates, according to Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev.
In a Monday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio he explained that his prediction was based on the condition of the system and the price of energy carriers.
Cyprus taboo in Turkey
The Cyprus issue has long been a taboo in Turkey, and Cyprus is still a matter of national interest that is not to be discussed freely. Apart from legal and psychological pressures, this taboo has been created by the nationalism of the left and right.
On a razor's edge
There is no doubt that the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has now become an international celebrity. Since his first appearance at the finance ministers? meeting of the eurozone, immediately after the radical leftist Syriza won the Jan. 25 general elections, he managed to grab the media?s attention both for the right and wrong reasons.
Half of Turkish children in severe material deprivation
Bahçe?ehir University?s think-tank Betam, conveniently located in the heart of my beloved Black Eagles? home, right next to the Be?ikta? ferries, released a very timely research note right before Children?s Day on April 23.