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Giorgos Papandreou recently visited Kusadasi as a guest of Mayor Omer Gunel. During his visit, Mr. Papandreou, accompanied by his delegation, went to the Peace and Friendship Square, where he laid a carnation at the monument dedicated to the former Turkish Foreign Minister, Ismail Cem.

Gravel exploitation on the Moraca riverbed near Montenegro's capital Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

After a National Council for Fighting against Corruption session, Abazovic said the authorities need help in protecting the Bolje sestre, an important water spring on the Moraca near the capital, Podgorica.

The Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office has ordered an urgent preliminary investigation into allegedly destructive environmental interventions in the Louros River in northwestern Greece.

A preliminary injunction has been issued in a lawsuit filed by Emrah Karaca, the son of the legendary name of Anatolian rock music, late Cem Karaca, to stop the sale of his father's NFT portrait.

Cem Özdemir, Germany's new food and agriculture minister of Turkish origin, visited the presidential palace to receive his certificate of appointment on a bicycle, while other ministers arrived in black cars.

Özdemir, from the Green Party, is the first Turkish descent politician to assume a federal minister post.

Mayor of Tuzi Nik Gjeloshaj at a press conference. Photo: Government of Montenegro

"The government discriminates against Albanians and does not cooperate with our municipality. The reasons are various but it's mostly because of the hatred they have for the people who live in this area," Gjeloshaj told BIRN, referencing his Wednesday complaint.

A Turkish couple took their first step to marriage under the deep blue sea.

Halil Yılmaz proposed to his longtime girlfriend Müge Hasanbaş on a scuba diving trip in Istanbul.

With the help of Cem Karabay, an underwater sports instructor and a Guinness record holder, he placed eight amphoras and a chest with love notes under the sea.

The Montenegrin government says it will ask Albania for more information on the planned construction of mini-hydro power plants on the Cijevna River at a meeting of the joint commission for water management on September 19.

While the unionization rate remains very low in Turkey, awareness of labor rights has increased over the past 15 years, according to Professor Cem Kılıç, an expert in industrial relations. 

Cem İncesulu, a former collector whose license was revoked in 2011, has put up 150 artifacts on sale online for 75,000 Turkish Liras, the equivalent of approximately $19.2 thousand, despite an outcry from the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.