Policy

More than 21,000 people violated weeknight curfews and weekend lockdown in Turkey from March 22 and March 29, the country's Interior Ministry has said.

Turkey earlier this month moved to what the government dubbed the "controlled normalization" phase, softening some of the previously introduced measures designed to bring the coronavirus outbreak under control.

Germany on March 24 backtracked on its plan to impose a strict Easter weekend shutdown after a public outcry, as the European Union said it would tighten vaccine export controls in a bid to ramp up its stuttering inoculation campaign.

 The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the everyday lives of billions of people across the planet, who found themselves shut inside the national borders and confined to their homes. People were left without any possibility to travel, go to museums and theaters, stadiums and gyms, or to meet with their friends in cafes or even at home.

An Istanbul court has indicted an Azerbaijani social media influencer, Fariz Bakhshaliyev, for public incitement to hatred or hostility after sharing a video that made a massive splash on social media.

It has been one year since Turkey's Health Minister announced in the early hours of March 11 the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the country that immediately launched its uphill battle against the virus, which has infected more than 2.8 million people and killed over 29,000 patients to date.

The first death from the virus was confirmed on March 17.

BGN 1,200 for twenty posts a day on social media - such is the minimum remuneration of a political troll during the election campaign this month.

It turns out that many political parties deliberately resort to using such services online, writes "24 Hours."

The Greek government to decide on a new lockdown

Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said on March 2, making it the largest state to no longer require one of the most effective ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Turkey on Feb. 22 offered condolences on the killing of an Italian diplomat in an attack on a U.N. convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ambassador Luca Attanasio, 43, was among three people killed along with Italian police officer Vittorio Lacovacci, 30, and their Congolese World Food Program driver.

Ljubljana – The parliamentary Commission for Oversight of Public Finances debated Friday the selection of Slovakia’s Skytoll for an e-tolling system for cars. While the opposition alleged irregularities, motorway company DARS and the Infrastructure Ministry rejected any impropriety. The MPs asked the anti-graft commission to look into the tender.