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Workers at Turkish carmaker Tofa? have ended a five-day strike, according to one of their representatives Workers at Turkish carmaker Tofa? have ended a five-day strike, according to one of their representatives.

A feasibility study for realization of construction of a gondola lift in Belgrade will be completed in the next three months, Mayor Sinisa Mali said on Friday.

This construction "could start in 2016," he also said.

They're ubiquitous in Asia, swarming the bustling streets of Bangkok, New Delhi and Beijing.
     
Now, a company that manufactures the tuk-tuk - the three-wheeled motorized rickshaws that have moved the masses for more than half a century - aims to make inroads in the United States.
     

The Federation of Civil Aviation Authority Unions (OSYPA), which does not include air-traffic controllers, on Friday called a 48-hour strike for May 31 and June 1, a walkout that could cause disruption for those travelling over the Whit Monday long weekend.

Bursa, Turkey?s automotive hub, is going through a labor uprising that?s worth a generation. Generally a center-right leaning town for decades, the city of my childhood is becoming a symbol of workers? resistance. Not surprisingly, the auto industry is at the heart of it.

Renault could reconsider investment in Turkey after a labor dispute has stopped production at its Turkish joint venture Oyak Renault, the French car maker's head of Eurasia said on May 21, as quoted by Reuters. 

Traffic on Sofia Metro has returned to normal after being temporarily halted in the section between the Central Railway Station and Serdika Station, the city hall announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Trains didn't run for about an hour on one of the busiest sections of the Bulgarian capital's underground railway system due to a "technical problem".

Ford Otosan, the Turkish arm of Ford, cancelled an extra working shift on May 19 citing supply chain problems amid widening labor unrest in Turkey?s automotive sector.

Production at two major carmakers, Oyak Renault and Tofa?, which account for more than 40 percent of Turkey?s annual car production, was halted earlier this week due to demands for better working conditions. 

Thousands of workers from the factories of car giants Tofa? and Oyak Renault in western Turkey continued their strike on May 19, in a rare wage dispute to hit the country's flourishing car sector.

Turkish carmaker Tofa? has halted production at its plant in the northwestern city of Bursa, it stated on May 18, as a labor protest over working conditions widened across the auto industry.

The company added that it did not expect the stoppage to affect sales.