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Turkish AK Automotive expanding production in Koper
Koper – AK Automotive, a Turkish-owned company, to expand production and has recently purchased a production facility in Koper it used to lease from Cimos. It plans to invest more than EUR 20 million in the location within a year.
AK Automotive was set up in 2018 by Kücükoglu Holding, which acquired Cimos’s kinematics business the same year.
Russia-Turkey Pincer Movement Threatens Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Survival
However, a closer look shows that Putin and Erdogan both see the Ecumenical Patriarchate as an extension of Western influence that threatens their respective political ambitions.
Ukraine as catalyst of Moscow's fury
Orthodox church in Moscow, Russia, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
Opinion: Only Patriarch Filaret will Protect Ukrainian Faithful in Diaspora
"We are told that our transition into the jurisdiction of Constantinople will not change anything in the life of our parishes. But all this is a lie," - Ukrainian Orthodox Christian believer Olga Samulyak explained to the Canadian Ukrainian Religious Information Bulletin.
Vartholomaios lashes out against Moscow Patriarchate
The Istanbul-based ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Vartholomaios, who is the first among equals in Orthodox Christendom, lashed out against the Moscow Patriarchate Tuesday over its opposition to the granting of independence to the Ukrainian Church from that of Russia.