Child labour

Children's rights in Turkey have not been improving over the years, with many continuing to lack education, a new report has said amid the marking of Universal Children's Day on Nov. 20.  

Nov. 20 has been celebrated as Universal Children's Day since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, which was signed by Turkey in 1990 and enacted in 1995.

Across the ancient world, falling irretrievably into debt was to enter into bondage to the rich. For millenia, the poor typically had no collateral for loans beyond their bodies and their labo. Aristotle said that the “poor… were enslaved by the rich.”

On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labor on Friday, June 12, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Emplo

Like my friend Esther?s father Jamie, I am a Charles Dickens fan because of the novelist?s exquisite use of the English language. I recently realized that I should also read Dickens to understand today?s Turkey.

Around 57,000 children work over 40 hours a week in Turkey, according to a new study by Bahçe?ehir University's Center for Economic and Social Research (BETAM).

The 2012 Children Workforce Survey, released on Jan. 3, said 292,000 children were in the workforce in the country, and 75 percent of them worked in family business without receiving any financial compensation.

Seven men aged between 30 and 50 who were on board the cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants that was towed to safety on Crete last week were charged with human trafficking on Saturday.

The seven men told a prosecutor in Lasithi that they were Syrian, like most of the people on board the Baris. The suspects are due to give their depositions on Monday.

Emma Kate Hopkins OBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, announced the British Embassy in Sofia. 

She will succeed Jonathan Allen, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. 

Hopkins will take up her appointment during May 2015.

European Congress of Chimney Sweeps

BELGRADE -- The two-day 2014 European Congress of Chimney Sweeps started in Belgrade on Thursday.

It is rganized by the European Federation of Chimney Sweeps (ESCHFOE) in one of its member-states every two years.

BELGRADE - The two-day 2014 European Congress of Chimney Sweeps, organized by the European Federation of Chimney Sweeps (ESCHFOE) in one of its member states every two years, started in Belgrade on Thursday.

President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Zeljko Sertic opened the event at Falkensteiner Hotel.

BELGRADE – The 2014 European Congress of Chimney Sweeps, organized by the European Federation of Chimney Sweeps (ESCHFOE) in one of its member states every two years, will be held in Belgrade for the first time, at Falkensteiner Hotel on August 28-29.