News archive of September 2024

A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a transgender woman.

Fortnite-maker Epic Games is suing tech giants Google and Samsung, it announced Monday, accusing them of illegally colluding to block competition on Samsung devices.

CEO Tim Sweeney said his company would file a claim in a U.S. federal court in California, the same jurisdiction where the company won a years-long legal battle with Google in 2023.

Türkiye's coffee exports have generated a total of $154.7 million in revenues in almost five years, but the country spent more than $1 billion on imported coffee over the same period.

Although Türkiye does not grow coffee beans, it processes the product and exports it to a wide range of countries.

A specialized police operation targeting crimes related to the political rights of citizens and general criminal activity is currently underway in Burgas. The Ministry of the Interior has announced that private residences, commercial establishments, and other locations suspected of criminal activities are being thoroughly inspected.

According to the latest Global Property Index from international consulting firm Deloitte, Bulgaria boasts the highest number of dwellings per 1,000 people in Europe, with 668 homes for every 1,000 citizens.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to transform Istanbul into the "capital of sports," citing major cities such as Barcelona, Los Angeles, and London as examples.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati today called for a ceasefire with Israel after discussions with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who is the first high-ranking Western diplomat to visit Beirut since the escalation of Israeli attacks against Lebanon.

The weather is gradually improving following the passage of the cold front through Greece.

Local showers and thunderstorms in Thrace and the northeastern Aegean will gradually stop and the gusty northwestern winds will weaken, while the temperature returns to Autumn levels.

An increase in sunflower oil prices in Bulgaria is anticipated, but it is not expected to be significant. According to Vladimir Ivanov, chairman of the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets, any price rise will likely be between 5% and 10%. This expectation comes in light of a weak domestic harvest, which typically influences prices.

The US bank Goldman Sachs believes another upgrade of its credit rating is possible in the autumn for the Greek economy.