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Did the PKK withdraw its threshold condition for Kurdish peace?
The 10 percent election threshold in Turkey is the highest such threshold in the world.
It was put in the Constitution during the military rule after the coup in 1980 in order to prevent Islamic or Kurdish-focused parties from getting into Parliament; any parties that got less than 10 percent of the vote would not be able to send members to Parliament.
Turkey and the EU focus on ‘updated’ customs union agreement
The issue of updating the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU will be on the agenda of a visit from three EU officials to Ankara, sources tell HDN The issue of updating the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU to reflect Ankaraâs concerns about the EUâs free trade agreements with third parties will be on the agenda of a visit from three high ranking EU officials to Ankara on Dec.
Constitutional Court as the new ‘coup’ HQ
Turkeyâs political lunacy is not likely to end anytime soon. Its latest episode is the condemnation of the Constitutional Court as the headquarters of yet another âcoup attemptâ against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Olympiakos has all but won its Euroleague group
By George Georgakopoulos
Olympiakos strolled to its seventh win in eight Euroleague games defeating Lithuanian champion Neptunas Klaipeda with an 89-79 score in Piraeus on Friday.
The two teams played a free-flowing basketball that allowed for a relatively high score, with the first half ending 47-36 and the host retaining its lead without any problems in the second half.
Electronic commerce continues to grow
The online commerce sector is growing and maturing in Greece, especially in the business-to-consumer section. Consumers using the Internet for their purchases are on the rise and companies investing in online sales are being rewarded by buyers, the annual survey of the Electronic Trade Laboratory of the University of Athens (ELTRUN) has found.
IMF wants social security contributions levelled
By Roula Salourou
The International Monetary Fund has proposed the introduction of a single set of regulations for calculating social security contributions and taxes, as well as a common rate of contributions for all workers insured in social security funds, i.e. both salaried workers and the self-employed.
Cotric: Albania has no law to regulate status of Serbs
BELGRADE - Albania does not have a law on national minorities and this is why Serbs and other minorities in the country are not recognised as a national minority, Aleksandar Cotric of the Serbian parliament Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region said on Friday.