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Turkish firm wins contract to build Moscow airport terminal
Turkey's Renaissance Construction has won a tender to build a terminal and tunnel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Mikhail Vasilenko, Sheremetyevo's chief executive, said on March 18.
The choice of a Turkish firm is unusual because Moscow imposed sanctions on Ankara after Turkey downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border in November.
Turkish firm 'reportedly' wins contract to build Moscow airport terminal
Turkey's Renaissance Construction has won a tender to build a terminal and tunnel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Mikhail Vasilenko, Sheremetyevo's chief executive, said on March 18, as quoted by Reuters.
However, the company said in a written statement on March 18, the tender process was still ongoing and that no formal decision had yet been made.
EU will reach deal with Turkey, says EU's Schulz
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has said the EU would reach an agreement with Turkey, as Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is in Brussels to attend a EU-Turkey summit to find a solution to the migrant crisis that has hit the bloc.
Iranian FM to visit Turkey on March 19
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is to make a visit to Turkey on March 19, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on March 18.
Zarif will conduct talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu after meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, the statement said.
EU leaders agree on plan to present to Turkey
EU leaders have agreed a common position at a summit in Brussels on a plan to return of tens of thousands of migrants to Turkey.
This position will be presented on Friday to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Turkish PM says hopes will achieve migration goal with EU
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said on March 18 in Brussels that he hoped to achieve an agreement with the EU leaders who are seeking to convince Ankara to help stem the influx of migrants into Europe.
Large rise in German bookings for Greek islands
According to data released by TravelTainment, the Greek islands experienced a large increase in bookings from the German market, while bookings for the Turkish Riviera have dropped substantially.
3,000 refugees arrive in Italy in 3 days (videos)
Over 3,000 refugees arrived in Italy from Tuesday till Friday, according to the country’s authorities. Italian officials say the majority of the refugees are from sub-Saharan Africa and crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. The good weather conditions and the blocking of the Balkan route were the main reasons of a spite in numbers over the past 3 days via Libya-to Italy.
Bomb-laden car seized in Turkey's southeast
A bomb-laden car parked near a government office was found in the Hani district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r late March 17.
EU Leaders to Present Their Common Position on Migrant Deal to Turkey
The heads of state or government of the member states of the EU agreed on a joint position which will be presented to Turkey in attempt to reach a deal on stemming the migrant influx into Europe.
The EU leaders agreed the common position at the meeting of the European Council in Brussels, which began on Thursday and is continuing on Friday.
ND leader Mitsotakis blasts Hungarian PM Orban on his closed borders rhetoric
Leader of major Greek opposition party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis blasted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his stance on closed borders in the EU during the European Parliament ALDE alliance group’s meeting in Brussels.
What is abnormal?
What is normal or abnormal? Who can decide? Does it depend on the conditions in a country or international conjecture? Does the mood of a president, a prime minister or a police officer help to make a decision on it?
Want to laugh? How Turks chose stability
Here is a recent chronology of Turkish political voting behavior which has, fortunately, ended chaos and brought about stability to the country:
The HDP bomb
It is now quite apparent. The orders are clear. They will start clashes in certain cities of southeast Turkey.
There will be bloodshed.
They will bomb cities in western Turkey. They will try to spread fear among the innocent.
Simultaneously, they will explode the "HDP bomb" in parliament; the HDP being the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party.
EU Summit on refugee: Europe will not leave Greece alone
While the European Union meeting on refugee is still in progress, EU sources say that European Council President Donald Tusk presented a new plan based on which the talks will continue today.
The plan provides European Union to support Greece at technical level, so as to legitimize and make sustainable the mechanism for the readmission of refugees and immigrants to Turkey.