News archive of November 2015

Turkey will hand over the body of the pilot of the downed Su-24 warplane to Russia.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated on Sunday that the body had been brought from Syria to the border with Turkey last night.

Turkish society is unfortunately unable to mourn together, the co-leader of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirta? has said, while also pledging loyalty to the legacy of prominent Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elçi, whom was shot dead on Nov. 28 in southeastern Diyarbak?r and described by Demirta? as a "peace envoy."

The top ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated Gael Monfils from France in the exhibition match held at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia on Saturday.

The match turned into a true spectacle for tennis lovers in Bulgaria, with both players demonstrating their excellent skills, attractive play and sense of humour.

Leaders from the European Union and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu gathered at a summit in Brussels on Nov. 29 with the goal of signing an agreement that will offer Ankara cash and closer ties with the EU in return for Turkish help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe.

Turkey will help the European Union handle the flow of migrants that has called into question the future of Europe's passport-free travel in exchange for cash and restarting stalled talks on EU accession, said the draft conclusions of an EU-Turkey summit scheduled to be held Nov. 29.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has announced that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to solve possible problems within a spirit of mutual understanding.

His remarks came following a question about Greek Cypriot's objections to a draft declaration for a Turkey-EU refugee summit. 

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Tahir Elçi, the head of the bar association in southeastern Diyarbak?r province, called for the end of conflicts in the region during his last speech at a press conference on Nov. 28 before he was killed in an armed attack, while two police officers nearby were also killed.

Bulgaria has the capacity to welcome one and a half million Russian tourists next summer.

This was stated by Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova in an interview for private NOVA TV on Sunday.

Angelkova's words were based on a statement of the executive chairman of the Ural Association of Tourism Mikhail Maltsev.

A Russian warplane recently entered Israeli-controlled airspace from Syria but the intrusion was resolved without incident, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Nov. 29.