Economic policy

Turkey is striving to more effectively combat climate change and is aiming to obtain more financing to invest in solutions.       

Speaking at a traditional meeting with members of the Serbian Association of Managers on Friday, Fiscal Council representatives noted that "foundations for sustainable and healthy public finances and acceleration of economic growth can be set in 2018 as the most significant quantitative objectives of fiscal consolidation were achieved in 2017."

A United States judge on April 16 again postponed sentencing a former Turkish banker convicted of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

A judge in New York on Feb. 7 turned down the request by former Turkish state banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to be acquitted of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Washington is considering the possibility of introducing new sanctions against Iran, the news agencies reported quoting anonymous US administration official.

China exported no oil products to North Korea in November, Chinese customs data showed, apparently going above and beyond sanctions imposed earlier this year by the United Nations in a bid to limit petroleum shipments to the isolated country.

The Turkish Parliament has approved the government’s 2018 budget, which includes increased spending on defense and projects a rise in the fiscal deficit to 65.9 billion Turkish Liras ($17.28 billion).

A jury did not reach a verdict in its first day of deliberations on Dec. 20 in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions and launder billions of dollars in oil revenue.

BELGRADE - Serbia will by 2020 achieve the Maastricht criteria under which public debt must not exceed 60 pct of GDP, Serbian Minister of Economy Dusan Vujovic said Friday, outlining the 2018-2020 Economic Reform Programme.

A judge in New York on Nov. 20 postponed jury selection in the trial of an Iranian-Turkish businessman who has been detained on charges of violating sanctions against Iran.