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The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers will meet in Turkey next week to plan for a high-level cooperation council in Moscow this April, Russian Foreign Ministry said on March 7.

Last year's growth rate missed the budget target and lagged the forecasts of the government and the country's creditors, as it amounted to just 1.9 percent according to provisional figures published on Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority.

Cyprus came in third place for highest number of citizenships granted in 2017 relative to population, while there was an EU-wide decrease in the overall numbers from previous years.
According to Eurostat, there were 825,400 people who obtained citizenship of an EU-28 Member State in 2017, a decrease of 17 percent compared to 2016 with 995,000 and down from 841,000 in 2015.

Lebanon on Thursday warned its Mediterranean neighbors that a planned EastMed gas pipeline from Israel to the European Union must not be allowed to violate its maritime borders.

The 5th Art Ankara International Contemporary Art Fair, bringing together Turkey's and the world's major galleries, artists, institutions and organizations, will be organized between March 14 and 17.

Today it will become clear which are  candidates submitted bids for the construction of a gas pipeline between the Bulgarian-Turkish and the Bulgarian-Serbian border.

Romania proposed and already made "important" steps to support the strengthening of the European Union's global role during its term in office as the Presidency of the EU Council, Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Florin Iordache stated on Wednesday.

Romania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimated for the year 2018 amounted to 940477.5 million lei current prices, up 4.1 percent in real terms over 2017, industry contributing the most with a share of almost 24 percent in GDP formation, according to data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Local businesses in Dobrich are deepening cooperation and look at markets in Kazakhstan, Mayor Yordan Yordanov told Focus Radio after yesterday's meeting of the local government and businesses with Kazakhstan's Ambassador, Temirtay Izbastin. The aim was to present Kazakhstan as a potential new market to small, medium and major businesses in Dobrich.

Teknofest, Turkey's largest aerospace, space, and technology festival, this year will take place on Sept. 17-22 at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, the event organizers have said.