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Social problems avoided thanks to SMEs: Prime Minister
The government plans to mobilize funds for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in order to help them establish robust branding strategies and conduct more detailed R&D activities, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.
Stronger control key to prevent weapons smuggling from BiH
Stronger control key to prevent weapons smuggling from BiH
Serbia assumes OSCE presidency, focuses on co-operation
Serbia assumes OSCE presidency, focuses on co-operation
Serbia hopes to contribute to defusing the crisis in Ukraine and better relations in Southeast Europe during its year in the OSCE presidency.
Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic speaks at an OSCE meeting at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on January 15th. [AFP]
Monastery restoration nears end
Trabzon's famous K?zlar Monastery has been undergoing a restoration process for nearly a year. The work is almost done and the monastery will soon open to tourism The restoration of the K?zlar Monastery, one of the most important tourist spots in the Eastern Black Sea region, will soon come to an end and local officials are confident the site will boost local tourism.
Hurrah: Partly free again
Turkey must be celebrating, God knows with how many days of festivities. Alms should be distributed to the obedient subjects of the absolute ruler, the new tenant of the new imperial palace. There is a huge reason to celebrate: While the 2013 media freedom report of the Freedom House on Turkey condemned the country as "not free", the 2014 country status was declared to be "partly free."
Bottleneck days in the resolution process
The most important motor ahead of Turkey?s democratization and clearing the way for freedoms is no longer the European Union, but the ?resolution process.?
And this motor has been running in idle mode for a while; the power in the engine is never able to be conveyed to the wheels; the vehicle does not move.
The Perinçek case should be studied in law schools
Years ago, Turkish politician Do?u Perinçek gave a number of conferences in Switzerland on the topic: ?Genocide in an imperialist lie.?
As a result, a Lausanne Police Court tried and found him guilty of racial discrimination on March 9, 2007, sentencing him to 120 days in prison before converting his prison term to a fine and postponing it.
Turkish opposition's nightmare: Syriza and Tsipras
Turkey?s leftists and secular middle-class voters may be overjoyed and excited about the Syriza victory next door. But it is actually a nightmare for the upper ranks of the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) and other small opposition parties like Emine Ülker Tarhan?s Anadolu Party (AP). I am leaving Do?u Perinçek?s Labor Party outside of this duo for a specific reason.
Why a 'Turkish Tsipras' is an oxymoron
Everything and everyone in Turkey has come up roses after Greece?s new, maverick leader, Alexis Tsipras, won what looks like a landmark election victory. Pro-government pundits are happy because a ?reformer like Turkey?s leaders? has come to power. One newspaper claimed that Mr.
The deal that may make or break the eurozone
It is no secret that the top priority of the new Greek government will be to negotiate a reduction in the country?s debt ? as well as to broker softer terms on the austerity conditions forced by its creditors.
Presidential system is not favored by almost half of Turks, survey says
Almost half of Turks do not want to replace the parliamentary system with a presidential system, and their proportion also exceeds those who want a presidential system, according to a recent survey released by the Metropoll research center.
Miscevic: Serbia lives up to high EC expectations
BRUSSELS - Head of the Negotiating Team for negotiations with the EU Tanja Miscevic stated on Thursday that the European Commission (EC) thinks that Serbia has successfully responded to the challenges and that the preparations are being finalised for opening the first chapters in the accession talks.
Delegation of the Spanish Armed Forces visits Serbia
KRUSEVAC - A delegation of the Spanish Armed Forces visited the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Training Center in Krusevac and discussed cooperation in that area with their Serbian counterparts on Thursday.
Dacic to visit Pristina as OSCE chair in March
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairman Ivica Dacic visited the OSCE Mission in Belgrade on Thursday and announced that he will also visit the missions in Skopje and Podgorica in February, while he would pay a visit to the OSCE mission in Pristina in March.
Senic: Russia important for issue of Kosovo's CE membership
BELGRADE - Member of the Serbian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Aleksandar Senic said Thursday that further suspension of Russia's voting rights in this international body could weaken the position of Serbia regarding Kosovo's bid to join the Council of Europe (CE).
The 18-member Russian delegation is one the largest in the PACE.