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Council to present road map for $100 billion trade volume
The Turkish-American Business Council (TAİK) will present its road map to increase trade volume to $100 billion at an event this week in New York which will be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Iran vows to lead Gulf security, as US sends more troops
Iran's president said on Sept. 22 his country should lead regional security in the strategic Persian Gulf and warned against the presence of foreign forces, as the country's nuclear deal with world powers collapses and the U.S. deployed more troops to boost security for its Arab allies.
Erdoğan in New York to attend UN General Assembly
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 21 arrived in New York to attend the 74th session of UN General Assembly.
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President Iohannis: PSD was and continues to be a catastrophe for Romania
President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday participated in the regional gathering of the PNL (National Liberal Party) organisations in South-Western Romania (Oltenia), on which occasion he spoke about his intention to win all the elections, in order to "rebuild" Romania, and criticized the PSD (Social Democratic Party) government, which failed to meet its electoral promises made in 2016 - to build ro
Kostunica: I had solution for Kosovo
He said that it was based on a Hong Kong model.
He claims that it would be a compromise that would rule out all the extreme options and prove to be successful, sustainable and functional.
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US imposes sanctions on Iran's central bank
The U.S. is imposing sanctions on Iran's central bank, President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 20.
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Serbian Opposition Sceptical of European Mediation Offer
The Alliance, which comprises a number of centrist, conservative and right-wing parties, indicated it would not go back on a decision confirmed on September 16 to boycott the election.
"Their efforts come too late," Marinika Tepic, deputy leader of the Party of Liberty and Justice, SSP, a member of the Alliance, told BIRN. "This is our final decision."
Ex-minister says court ruling on religion classes reminiscent of 'dark decade of '50s'
Former education minister Nikos Filis criticized a ruling by the Council of State that deemed as unconstitutional reforms to religion classes at schools introduced by him and his successor in 2017.
ECHR eagerly awaits Romania ratifying Protocol no. 16 to Convention on Protection of Human Rights
Romania's ratifying the Protocol no.
Vucic: I offered condolences because Babic failed to do it
Stanika Gligorijevic was killed in a car crash on the Doljevac tollbooth in a car accident caused by the driver of Corridors of Serbia Director Zoran Babic.
"It was my job to express condolences, as the one who should have done it, failed to do so several months after the accident", President Aleksandar Vucic said in the morning program of TV Pink.