Political geography

Turkey and Egypt could negotiate a maritime demarcation agreement in the eastern Mediterranean if the course of the ties paves the way for such a move, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 3 while welcoming Cairo's exploration bids that had respected Turkey's continental shelf.

Beatrice Rancea, the manager of the Romanian National Opera in Iasi, who is facing criminal proceedings in a case file regarding financial irregularities found at the Opera House, with a damage of 5 million lei, has been placed placed under judicial control, according to DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism) representatives.

Turkey's foreign minister on March 1 held a phone call with his Italian counterpart, diplomatic sources said.

Turkey's Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Italy's Luigi Di Maio talked about the EU, Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya and bilateral relations, according to the sources.

Turkish newspaper The Daily Sabah raised the matter, accusing Greece of denying Muslim rights

Turkey on Feb. 27 welcomed the understanding reached between Indian and Pakistani militaries for a cease-fire along the disputed Kashmir border.

Interior Minister Lucian Bode said on Thursday that trained dogs will be used at Sibiu Airport to detect people infected with SARS-CoV-2. "It has been a great interest in what our colleagues from the Sibiu Canine Centre are doing.

Turkey and Greece resumed their exploratory talks after a five-year break on January 25. Resuming the talks after such a long break was received positively by many international actors as a sign of de-escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Turkish press is beating the drums over the arrival of US forces in Evros

Croatian police said on Tuesday that they have filed charges against two unnamed men, members of a special police unit of the Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina, a wartime Serb rebel statelet in Croatia, for killing Russian reporters Viktor Nogin and Gennadiy Kurinnoy in September 1991.

Turkey proves every day that it has no intention whatsoever to improve its relations with Greece