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The United Nations General Assembly is to conduct an informal dialogue with European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva on Monday, days after the latter was nominated by Bulgaria for the UN's top job.

A Chinese court has sentenced defense lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in prison, his attorney said Sept. 22, the latest blow in a broad crackdown on human rights defenders and activists.

Xia is best known for his work defending artist Ai Weiwei and fellow rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who was detained after a private seminar discussing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's "exorbitant" cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.

GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's "exorbitant" cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.

The authorities pledged to the government through the state of emergency should not be used as a tool "to jail all opponents," the leader of Turkey's main opposition party has said, vowing to continue to walk the road to democracy and rule of law despite difficulties.

On Aug. 26, the hills of the Bosphorus, two continents greeting one another, welcomed a third bridge over the waters running from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea; a third intruder for many civil society organizations, environmentalist groups and concerned citizens, on grounds that it will destroy the remaining green area and the water supply in Istanbul. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not a problem in Turkey today due to his increasing authoritarianism but is rather the outcome of a systemic problem, according to a prominent political scientist.

The Embassy of Sweden in Ankara has celebrated Sweden's National Day with a recital and reception at Bilkent Concert Hall on May 27, featuring world-famous Swedish trombonist and conductor Christian Lindberg and the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra.

Ankara's jazz lovers honored prominent figures who have "kept jazz alive," including İlham Gencer, a monument to jazz, and Tuna Ötenel, a legendary maestro, at an award evening on May 24.

Women's rights organizations protested in Podgorica on Wednesday against the Western Balkans "She is Here" convention, claiming it was linked to the former Serbian politican Vladimir Beba Popovic - who they accuse of running campaigns against civil society activists in Montenegro.