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An important trade deal between the US and EU, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, may be signed directly by the European Commission - by-passing the need for the deal to go to national parliaments.

The TTIP is a free-trade agreement designed to encourage multilateral economic growth and job creation.

 Restructuring of consumption taxation will not affect labor balance and lead to a reduction of imports

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A new obstacle has emerged in the arduous process of privatizing gas transmission network operator DESFA, as Azeri firm Socar has found a way to disengage itself from the sale, following the government?s recent energy overture to Russia with the Turkish Stream pipeline.

Britain's Labour Party will be supporting the proposed referendum on the country's EU membership. The statement was made by party leader Harriet Herman and foreign affairs spokesperson Hilary Benn.

Cash-strapped Greeks remain supportive of the leftist government's tough negotiating style, according to a new poll published Sunday, but hope for a deal with creditors that will keep the euro in their wallets.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu met United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Muhammad Gargash on Sunday, on the sides of the EU - Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar.

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Foreign investment in Turkey fell by more than one-third in March year-on-year, the government has said.

Net foreign direct investment (FDI) stood at $900 million in March, a decline of 37 percent from March 2014's $1.42 billion, the Economy Ministry reported on May 22.

Britain's opposition Labour Party will back Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to hold a referendum on the country's European Union membership by the end of 2017, its acting leader said on May 24.

A video, which will be broadcasted by more than 30 televisions, advertises the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as the 2019 European Capital of Culture.

The video has a length of thirty seconds and depicts the citizens of Plovdiv doing arts, sports and their daily activities with some of the city's most popular places featured in the background