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US prosecutor in spotlight of Turkish Twitter users after fraud charge on Zarrab
U.S. prosecutor Preet Bharara who has charged Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab for fraud has been in the spotlight of Turkish Twitter users following the news of Zarrab's arrest.
Bharara's Twitter followers increased from around 20,000 to more than 115,000 in just 24 hours with Turkish users mentioning him with admiration and praises.
AKP to ready own draft of new charter before May
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will ready its own draft of a new constitution which includes a shift to a presidential system by the end of April and submit it to parliament in May or June, after losing hope for the resumption of an inter-party panel tasked with writing Turkey's new charter.
Mouzalas: I cannot guarantee that we will not have children dying at Idomeni
Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas on Tuesday in an interview with Alpha TV expressed his fears that children may die at Idomeni.
Mr. Mouzalas admitted that, although the state should be 24-hour “present”, this has not been achieved due to his own oversights, too, stressing that Greece has never been called to deal with such a crisis in the past 50 years.
Bulgaria Beefs Up Security at Internal EU Borders
Bulgaria has bolstered security at both external and internal borders of the EU, the Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov has said.
Kostov has told the Bulgarian National Television that "100% border control" is currently being implemented in relation to the attacks that killed at least 31 people in Brussels on Tuesday.