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Turkish electronics and domestic appliances maker Vestel has asked the government to impose emergency import tariffs on mobile phones, according to a filing from Turkey published by the World Trade Organization on late Dec. 8.

Turkish Petroleum International Company is to supply Bangladesh with 60,000 tons of gasoil in 2015 for the first time to meet the growing demand for fuel in the country, the chairman of the state Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) said Dec. 7.

Last month, BPC concluded negotiations on imports of oil products during the first half of 2015 with 10 companies, including Turkish Petroleum.

BELGRADE - One of the world's best renowned tango orchestras Belgrade-based Quinteto Beltango will mark 15 years of its artistic work with a gala concert in Dom Sindikata, Belgrade, on November 27.

BELGRADE - The Serbian delegation will harmonise and draft the agreements on airline transport with the U.S. and 13 more countries during the ICAO Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN) in Indonesia, which will make room for network expansion of Serbia's national airline company Air Serbia.

Turkey has begun hosting the ninth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, a United Nations-mandated organization, despite a number of recent controversies regarding the country's Internet freedom record.

Speaking at the event Sept. 2, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Lütfi Elvan focused mainly on the issues of “cybercrimes.”

Pope Francis reached out to China on the penultimate day of his visit to South Korea on Sunday, urging a closer dialogue and insisting that Catholics did not view Asia with the mentality of "conquerors."       

A team of Bulgarian students collected three bronze medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Ministry of Education announced.

The three Bulgarian bronze medal winners are Pencho Beykov and Boris Mitrev from Sofia and Kristian Georgiev from Pleven.

Around 300 activists led a colorful parade through Hanoi Aug. 3 in the nation’s largest ever gay pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference.

Montenegro’s annual national report on the weapons trade said the country exported arms worth around 6.5 million euros over the last year, a 30-per-cent increase in value in comparison to previous years.

More than 1,400 people were arrested and nearly $12 million (8.8 million euros) seized in an Interpol-led clampdown on illegal betting networks in Asia during the World Cup, the organisation said Friday.
     
Police officers from China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam conducted more than 1,000 raids on illegal gambling dens in the six-week operation.