Turkey
Infection, understaffing guilty of newborns death
Submitted by Victor Bojinov on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 16:17.
The deaths of more than four dozen newborns at a maternity hospital in Ankara in the last month were caused by infection and a shortage of personnel, revealed the Health Ministry's investigation report.
EU approves opening of two new chapters in negotiations with Turkey
Submitted by Velizar Stoichev on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 05:21.EU gives green light to the opening of two new chapters in negotiations with Turkey to the EU.
Ambassadors of the 27 EU member states approved the opening of "Company law" and "Intellectual property law" chapters. The decision should be officially approved on Tuesday in Luxembourg.
Turkish property market loses popularity among foreign investors
Submitted by Henry Aaron on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 06:35.International companies investing in real estate, began to gradually stray from Turkey, wrote the Turkish daily newspaper Turkish.Daily.News.
Recent data from studies of real estate market in Turkey showed a decline in foreign companies' investments.
As the main reason for this were indicated political and economic unrests in the country.
Turkey and Croatia strengthen their economic cooperation
Submitted by Victor Bojinov on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 04:26.Croatia and Turkey signed an agreement to promote bilateral investment and increasing of trade between the two countries. They did this during a meeting of Presidents of the two countries in Zagreb.
Redjep Tayyip Erdogan accused the EU of "double standards"
Submitted by Faye Abdellah on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 18:44.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the EU imposes "double standards" in its attitude towards the negotiations with Turkey for membership in the Union.
Turkey strikes homosexuals
Submitted by Zdravka Ekderi on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 18:34.Turkish judicial authorities banned one of the most popular gay organizations in the country - "Lambda Istanbul" created 15 years ago, on the grounds that it violated "public morality".
Queen Elizabeth II supports Turkey's efforts to join EU
Submitted by Faye Abdellah on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 06:58.Queen Elizabeth II pointed out on Tuesday that Britain fully supports Turkey's efforts to join the European Union as she began a four-day state visit there, her first since 1971, AFP reports.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul hosted a state banquette in her honor. The British monarch depicted Turkey as a "confident and dynamic democracy" and commended close relations between Ankara and London.
In May Bulgarians will ski in the mountains and suntan on the beaches
Submitted by Zdravka Ekderi on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 17:43.On May 9th in Bulgaria it will be possible to ski and suntan in the Black Sea resorts at the same time. Except in Bulgaria, this can happen only in Italy and France. “The winter season has not ended yet and in the moment people still ski in Bansko, Markudjika and Cherni vrah.
Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 44.06 dollars Thursday, the first time it went below 45 dollars since May 2005.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
