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Ljubljana/Brussels – The web portal Necenzurirano reports that the European Commission has frozen the in-depth investigation of the purchase of service stations of OMV Slovenija by the Hungarian energy group MOL until further notice. The investigation will resume after the Commission receives the required documentation from MOL.

Turkish contractors were awarded a total of 156 projects worth $5.94 billion in foreign countries from January to July this year, data from the Trade Ministry have shown.

The average size of the projects awarded to Turkish companies abroad in the first seven months of the year was $38 million, according to the ministry.

The net income of Aselsan, Türkiye's largest defense company, increased by 50 percent in January-June from a year ago to 3.8 billion Turkish Liras.

Revenues rose by 55 percent year-on-year in the first half to 10.84 billion liras, with the net profit margin declining slightly from 36 to 35 percent.

German industrial conglomerate Siemens said yesterday it had made a significant net loss as it counted the cost of struggles at its former energy unit.    

Between April and June, Siemens recorded a net loss of 1.5 billion euros ($1.5 billion), after a mirror 1.5-billion-euro profit in the same period last year.    

Former President Donald Trump will be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, he confirmed in a post on his Truth Social account.

As of Friday, January 1, listings for properties being put up for sale or rent will need to include their energy classification, according to a circular released on Tuesday by the Environment and Energy Ministry.

By the end of 2020, the losses of global airlines due to the coronavirus pandemic may amount to about $160 billion. The president of Boeing for Russia and the CIS Sergey Kravchenko expressed his opinion in an interview with the TV channel "Russia 24".

"I think airlines will lose money. This year they will lose about $160 billion," he said.

President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The US has placed export restrictions on more than 100 Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties.

US exporters will be required to get a licence before they transfer "designated items" to companies on the blacklist. The list includes a large number of Chinese aerospace companies as well as Russia's foreign intelligence service.

Several global smartphone makers, including China's Oppo, South Korea's Samsung as well as Huawei and Alcatel, are planning production in Turkey, Turkish media have reported.

Oppo and Samsung may launch their production in Turkey-based facilities in February or March 2021, according to the daily Milliyet.