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Δείτε φωτογραφίες από το χαριτωμένο miniature bull terrier

The capacity utilization rate (CUR) in the Turkish manufacturing industry slightly fell on a monthly basis in March, the country's Central Bank announced on March 26. 

Local manufacturing industry units operated at 74.7% of their capacity this month, down 0.2 percentage points from February, according to the bank survey.

Zeytin likes to walk through the streets of Istanbul at night, Nazar easily befriends strangers, while Kartal lives on a construction site in the bustling Turkish city.

A 2-year-old Toy Poodle reacts to her food when she recognizes it on the hands of her owner in southern Antalya province. (Source: AA)

The capacity utilization rate (CUR) in the Turkish manufacturing industry slightly fell on a monthly basis in February, the country's Central Bank announced on Feb. 22. 

Local manufacturing industry units operated at 74.9% of their capacity this month, down 0.5 points from January, according to the bank survey.

People wait for months to buy Turkish shepherd dogs being bred in the country's northwestern Bursa and eastern Sivas provinces.

A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy.

The dogs are conditioned to scent out the "corona odour" that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany's armed forces school for service dogs.

The ASTRA Museum at Dumbrava Sibiului Forest, Romania's the largest open-air museum, has for the past two days invited visitors to dog sledding trips at the initiative of one of the museum's employees who is passionate about dog-pulling competitions, according to the museum's spokesman, Cosmin Calinescu.

A security company employee was found dead on Monday after apparently being attacked by a pack of stray dogs in a yard at a packaging plant in Lechena, Ilia, in southern Greece.

The body of the 56-year-old man, who worked as a security guard at the packaging plant, was found by a passer-by, who immediately notified police.

A woman looks after 350 dogs in an animal shelter she opened in the Seydişehir district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya four years ago, calling them all her children.

"I am a hairdresser in the city center. I earn money from that business and invest it all in this shelter. I feed the dogs and pay the salaries of the two employees here," said the 40-year-old Ayla Sayar.