News archive of July 2023

The race for the Istanbul provincial chair in the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has emerged as a critical test for the party's leadership aspirations, with the city's current head, Canan Kaftancıoğlu, ineligible to run again due to a political ban.

The Public Debt Management Agency announced last week that it will auction 13-week treasury bills in book entry form to the amount of 625 million euros, this Wednesday. 

The issue will mature on November 3 and the settlement date will be this Friday.

The Catalan Republican Left (ERC), the party of regional Prime Minister Pere Aragons, wrote a letter on Monday to the centre-right Together for Catalonia (JxCAT) party, led by former exiled Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont.

Funerals are being held across Pakistan, and the government has vowed to catch those behind the deadly attack, for which no one has yet claimed responsibility.

The Turkish Air Force Command plans to modernize 165 F16 jets with block levels of 30, 40 and 50, gradually transforming them into powerful viper level warplanes by the year 2030, local media has reported.

The move comes as part of Türkiye's efforts to bolster its air combat capabilities in the face of potential weaknesses resulting from its exclusion from the F35 program.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he is in close contact with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen regarding a possible ban.

BELGRADE - Serbia's real GDP was up by 1.7 pct y-o-y in Q2 2023, the Serbian national statistical office RZS said in a flash estimate released on Monday.

The RZS also said a more detailed GDP calculation for Q2 2023, performed at lower aggregation levels, would be published on August 31.

A Cyprus court on Monday sentenced a British man who killed his ailing wife in their retirement home to two years in prison, rejecting a defense request to hand down a suspended sentence after convicting him earlier of manslaughter.

During a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia on Monday, both sides emphasized their dedication to seeking a peace settlement for the Mediterranean island based on the UN-sanctioned premises for a bizonal, bicommunal federation.

BELGRADE - Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said on Sunday in Belgrade he had had very useful discussions in the Serbian capital and noted that the goal of his visit was to renew the cooperation between the two countries.