Kemal Bozay

The landmark free trade agreement signed between Turkey and the U.K. has shown that the European Union Customs Union falls behind on many fronts, a top Turkish official said on Jan. 6. 

The deal between Ankara and London signed last week could be a model for updating the customs union, said Nail Olpak, the head of Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board, at a virtual meeting.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated that he wants to believe Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not make the controversial statement that anyone who dares trouble Bosniaks in any way would face opposition by 100 million Turks.