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Turkish president vows to preserve historical artifacts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an pledged his support to the preservation of historical artifacts on Jan. 12, vowing to closely follow their restoration and revival both at home and abroad.
The president's remarks came during an opening ceremony for the newly-restored sections of the Topkap? Palace Museum in Istanbul.
Bulgarian Customs Seize 11 kg Heroin at Border with Turkey
Heroin worth over BGN 1M (EUR 500,000) has been seized in a truck at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at the border with Turkey, Bulgaria's customs office said on Monday.
The drug weighing 11.2 kg was hidden in the cabin of a Bulgarian-registered truck carrying particleboard panels from Turkey to Bulgaria, the National Customs Agency said in a statement.
Bulgaria Vice President: Army Should Guard Border alongside Police
The army should help the Interior Ministry to patrol along the Bulgaria-Turkey border by deploying troops there, Bulgarian Vice-President Margarita Popova has said.
Popova has thus joined the debate on further measures to step up security at the border with Turkey in the face of a prospective flow of asylum seekers coming from the south-east.
Signatures on engineer assessment of Turkey's first nuclear plant forged: Report
The signatures of two nuclear engineers who prepared the environmental impact assessment report (ÇED) for Turkey?s prospective nuclear plant in Akkuyu were forged, ahead of the final approval of the mandatory document to allow the facility?s construction, daily BirGün reported Jan. 12.
The plant is scheduled to be built in the southeastern Mediterranean district of Akkuyu.
Erdo?an 'makes his own fashion,' Turkey's semi-official agency says
Better known by his day job of running the country as president of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has found a new pursuit to draw some of his time: Making his own fashion.
Turkey?s semi-official news agency went the extra mile by interviewing a fashion designer and three top-level managers of Turkish fashion brands about Erdo?an?s new sartorial departure.
Bulgaria Trades More with EU, Less with Third Countries - NSI
Bulgaria has expanded its trade with the European Union (EU),while it has contracted its trade with third countries, shows National Statistical Institute (NSI) data, which was published on Monday.
In the period January - October 2014 Bulgarian exports to the EU amounted to BGN 22.4 B, recording an increase of 2.4 % compared to the same period in 2013.