News archive of July 2017

Turkey's benchmark index advanced by 0.25 percent to stand at 100,440.39 points at the close of June 30, marking a 0.80-percent rise compared with last week.      

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index posted its highest "week close" with a 250.08-point increase, while the total trading volume was 4.1 billion Turkish Liras (approximately $1.16 billion).      

The value of Turkey's exports rose 1.8 percent year-on-year to $12.7 billion in June as its trade with Russia soared, the country's main exporters' association said on July 1. 

The Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) said exports in the first half of the year also climbed 8.2 percent to reach almost $76.4 billion. 

From enforcing the law in the German city of Dresden to competing in Fitness World Championships, Adrienne Kolaszar has succeeded in becoming a fitness star. Through hard work in the gym, the 31-year-old police officer has attracted a mass of social media followers online after her photos went viral.

MUJU - Serbian female taekwondist Milica Mandic has won the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea by beating reigning champion Hyeri Oh of South Korea 17-13 in the final of the under-73 kg tournament on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received US Ambassador Kyle Scott Thursday to discuss the topics of his July 17 visit to the US.

They agreed Vucic's discussions with Vice President Mike Pence and officials from the US administration would be a strong boost to development of bilateral ties between the two countries.

BELGRADE - As an independent and militarily neutral country, Serbia has chosen EU integration as its foreign policy priority, but this must not, and will not, upset its good relations with Russia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday at a meeting with Sergei Zheleznyak and Olga Zinovyeva, deputies in the Russian State Duma.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the semi-finals of the Eastbourne tennis tournament after beating American Donald Young 6-2, 7-6 (11-9) on Thursday.

First-seeded Djokovic won the first set with ease but had to save two set points in the second set, converting his fourth match point to win the encounter after 107 minutes of play.

PRISTINA - The Kosovo-Metohija central election committee on Thursday announced the final results of the June 11 elections for the Kosovo assembly.

The DPK-ABK-NISMA coalition has 39 seats, the Self-Determination movement has 32 seats, while the coalition of the DSK, the New Kosovo Alliance and the Alternative Initiative has 29.

Tanjug file photo, J. Pap

BELGRADE) - The Balkan motto should be "the Balkans to Balkan nations" - this does not mean isolationism, but ties with the East and the West to the benefit of the citizens, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Thursday.

BRUSSELS - The EU and NATO are coordinating very strongly on different messages they are sending, including in the Western Balkans, EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini said Thursday.

Mogherini announced she and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg could visit the region together in the autumn.