International finance

The Government adopted a decree establishing a National Council on Migration, Borders, Asylum and Integration in place of the National Council on Migration and Integration.

Turkey's current account balance posted $548 million deficit this June, the nation's Central Bank said on Aug. 9.

Foreign investors have continued to add Turkish assets to their portfolios, the latest data from the country's Central Bank showed on Feb. 7.

Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry will start issuing dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, as well as gold bonds and lease certificate based on gold starting on Dec. 17.

Turkey's current account balance posted a surplus in October for the third month in a row, the country's central bank announced on Dec. 11.

Bulgaria's central bank has given Hungary's OTP Bank the green light to buy Societe Generale's Bulgarian businesses, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday, reports Reuters. 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Friday it has invested in lira-denominated bond issued by Turkish retailer Migros.     

We are at the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis that laid ruin to the Greek economy. The overriding lesson of the global crisis is the persistently weak governance of the global financial system. I count six basic blunders that cost the world trillions of dollars in lost output and years of anguish.

SOFIA (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) is in final talks to sell its Bulgarian unit to Hungary's OTP Bank OTPB.BU and is likely to announce the deal this month, two sources familiar with the process said.

Greece's current account balance swung to a surplus in May compared to the same month a year earlier on the back of improvements in all of its main components, including the services and trade balances, the Bank of Greece said on Monday.