civil society

Turkey does not want Germany to cherry-pick migrants

Upon an invitation from the Goethe Institute, I recently attended a conference focusing on the relations between the German Foreign Ministry and various foundations. 

While the foundations are keen to underline their sensitivity over their independence and their wish to not be told what to do by the state, the two sides agree nevertheless on the need to have a dialogue.

NATO invites Montenegro to join alliance as 29th member

NATO foreign ministers on Dec. 2 invited Montenegro to join the U.S.-led military alliance, a move Russia has repeatedly warned would be a provocation and a threat to stability in the western Balkans.

"NATO foreign ministers have just taken the historic decision to start accession talks for Montenegro to become the 29th member," alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said.

Albanian Activists Rally for Kosovo MP's Release

Several dozen activists gathered on Tuesday in front of the Pyramid, a well-known landmark in Tirana, to protest against Kurti's 30-day remand in a top-security jail.

Students, civil society representatives and independent MP Mesila Doda took part in the rally alongside the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) party supporters.

Video Game Spotlights Energy Choices in Balkans

A group of civil society organisations gathered in the South East Europe Sustainable Energy Policy Program launched a video game version of the South East Europe 2050 Energy Model on Monday, as UN climate change talks open in Paris.

The goal is to make audiences in the region aware of choices about the energy and environmental development of their countries.

The scope of e-bookkeeping and e-invoice obligation expands in Turkey

Bookkeeping, as an indispensable part of general accounting and taxation, has been employed from its very inception, no matter how primitive it was, as a tool to record financial transactions and other information pertaining to a business entity on a day-to-day basis. The core function of any type of bookkeeping in any period of history has been, unmistakably, to ensure that records regarding e

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