Economy of the United Kingdom

In the third quarter of 2015, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bulgaria recorded an increase of 2.9 % compared to the same quarter last year and a growth of 0.7 % compared to the second quarter of 2015.

The New Democracy electoral committee (KEFE) decided to conduct the elections for the leadership of main opposition party New Democracy on November 20.

The KEFE reached a decision on Wednesday afternoon and assigned the organization of the elections at Vodafone company.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 3rd quarter of 2015.

The Leoni factory in Nis, southern Serbia, has started work in full capacity on Wednesday.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic "marked the occasion in a ribbon-cutting ceremony," Tanjug reported, and noted that the factory "makes cables for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles."

Turkey's foreign trade deficit declined by 46.6 percent to $3.7 billion in September compared to the same month of 2014 due to a dramatic decline in the country's energy imports and a slowdown in the economy ahead of the elections, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Agency (TÜ?K) on Oct. 30 in cooperation with the Customs and Trade Ministry. 

Turkish retail chain Be?endik, which bought 12 stores of Europe's supermarket chain last year, plans to complete the acquisition of 10 Tesco Kipa stores in Turkey by the fourth quarter, as many foreign retail chains have left Turkey in recent years as they had difficulties competing with local players. 

A man proposed to his girlfriend on an easyJet flight from Manchester to Mykonos. Love was in the air as Kevin Christie, aged 41, popped the question to Kamila Maier, a woman more than half his age.
He requested use of the intercom from the flight attendant who introduced Christie at the front of the plane to the amusement of 200 other passengers.

Some 30,000 new base stations need to be built in Turkey to adapt to the advanced 4G technologies, but it is a big unknown which authority will give the permission.

Turkey?s exports decreased by 13 percent in July to $10.8 billion compared to July of the previous year, due mainly to the plunge in the commodity process and losses in euro-dollar parity, said the Turkish Exporters? Assembly (T?M) in a written statement Aug. 1. 

Britain's Pearson has sold the Financial Times newspaper to the Japanese media group Nikkei for some USD 1.3 B in cash, the two companies said on Thursday.