News archive of November 2014

BELGRADE - A total of 111 victims of human trafficking were identified in Serbia in the first ten months of the year, the data of the Centre for trafficking victims protection show.

The data were presented to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2.

An Egyptian court on Nov. 30 branded the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operating in Iraq and Syria a "terrorist" organization, the official news agency MENA reported.
      
An Egyptian militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which pledged allegiance to ISIL earlier in November, has itself also been designated a terrorist organisation under a similar ruling.

Tropical climate animals, living in the Darıca Faruk Yalçın Zoo and Botanic Park in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, have been taken to shelters with heaters as the weather has become cold.

Swiss voters appear to have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to sharply cut immigration growth.

According to partial results from most of Switzerland's 26 cantons, about 74% of voters have voted "No" in the referendum forced by the country's Ecopop movement which seeks to link environment protection with control over population growth.

BELGRADE - Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Jorgovanka Tabakovic stated on Sunday that NBS is investing efforts to ensure stability of the dinar and added that the central bank is using a set of measures to minimise the drop of the national currency.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will pay an official visit to Israel on December 1 and 2, during which he will confer with the country's top officials.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu repeated the 12 items they had mentioned for the solution of the Kurdish conflict, while refusing claims that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was the only authority to solve the issue.

Turkey's efforts to end the decades-old Kurdish question have reached a new point as ongoing talks have produced a "draft negotiation frame" on which a substantial reconciliation process would be based for a solution.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay a visit to Turkey on Dec. 9, where the two leaders will overwhelmingly discuss the ongoing international fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Turkey will only be able to attain its desired level of welfare by introducing micro reforms for its economy needs, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said, declaring the Kurdish peace process as a key component to the reforms during an address in southeastern Turkey.