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Turkey not invited to EU summits since 2004 Head of European Council
President of the European Council Rompuy said Turkey could not attend the European Union summits since 2004 ANKARA - President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy stressed on Thursday the need to change the European Union practices blocking Turkey, saying Turkey has not been invited to the European Union (EU) summits since 2004.Speaking at the joint press conference with Turkish Prime ...
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Turkish PM Erdogan meets President of the European Council Rompuy
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday "Turkey doesn't think to take part in the European Union (EU) only for its own gain, at the same time the country also thinks to bring in gains to the EU. So Turkey will not become a burden, on the contrary it will reduce the burden of the EU."Erdogan and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy held ...
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Turkish FM Davutoglu receives Iranian Deputy FM Araqchi
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Araqchi ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and an accompanying delegation in Ankara.Davutoglu's meeting with the Iranian delegation took place at the Ministry ...
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Monaco Nieminen win ATP semis in Germany
Jarkko Nieminen posted wins Friday that put them in the finals of the Power Horse Cup tennis tournament in Germany. Monaco, the No. 3 seed, ended the run of qualifier Guido Pella with a 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory. Pella had beaten No. ...
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Bicycle sales outpace car sales in Italy
A quarter-million more bicycles were sold in Italy in 2012 than automobiles, the transport undersecretary said, calling it a revolution in commuting. Bicycle sales outpaced those of cars by 2,000 in 2011, but last year 1.65 million bicycles were sold in the country, compared to 1.4 million cars, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday, adding it has been 48 years since more bicycles than ...
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Sweden braced for more violence
Stockholm was braced for a fifth night of riots as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the northern suburbs of the Swedish capital continued to spread to other corners of the city. The brother-in-law of a 68-year-old man who was shot by police in his apartment 12 days ago, in an incident said to be the initial cause of the unrest, has spoken for the first time, asking people to "stop ...
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Spains Catholic Church says it needs more exorcists
MADRID (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.An archdiocese spokeswoman said Friday that Madrid only has one exorcist priest and that it is considering a plan to train more. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with archdiocese policy."The devil exists. That's a fact," she told The ...
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Matchday Live ready for final broadcast
The UEFA.com Matchday Live show is on air from 19.30CET on Saturday with full build-up, commentary and analysis of the Wembley final. Host Rob Daly previews the special ...
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China and Switzerland to seal free-trade deal
Swiss President and Defence Minister Ueli Maurer shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the second day of an official visit to Switzerland at the government's guesthouse Lohn in the village of Kehrsatz, near the Swiss capital of Bern, May 24, 2013. (RUBEN ...
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EU reviews policies looks for ways to help aluminium industry
By Maytaal Angel and Susan ThomasLONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission expects to complete a review by October of ways to help Europe's struggling aluminium industry, looking at policies such as on import duties and long-term power contracts.About 2 million tonnes of aluminium production have been shut down in Europe since the 2008 financial crisis, while global production has grown by ...
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Pleas for Weapons Europe Reluctant to Arm Syrian Rebels
Despite desperate pleas from top Syrian insurgents, Western leaders remain reluctant to arm them. Though the European embargo is set to expire at the end of the month, political and legal considerations make aid for the rebels ...
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US Turkey Qatar seek urgent Syria debate
UN spokesman Rolando Gomez says administrators will examine a possible date for the debate, adding that Tuesday or Wednesday looks ...
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Russia says Syrian regime agrees to peace talks
Head of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during the group's meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 23, 2013. A spokesman said Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the ...
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€110m recommended for Aer Lingus pension scheme
The Labour Court has recommended that Aer Lingus inject a once-off lump sum of €110 million to help plug the €750 million deficit in the joint Aer Lingus/DAA pension scheme. The recommendation is aimed at resolving a long-standing row over how the pension entitlements of Aer Lingus pensioners, employees and former employees can be best protected as the pension fund is no longer ...
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Murderer of British Soldier Linked to Radical Organization
London, May 24 (Prensa Latina) British authorities today linked one of the two murderers of British soldier Lee Rigby, 25, to the radical organization Sharia4Belgium, disbanded in 2012, according to televised reports here. Michael Adebolajo, 28, who along with another 22-year-old young man, hacked Rigby to death in the central Weelwich capital district on Wednesday, had converted to Islam led by ...
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Turkish Cargo Expands Freighter Trucking Services
will also boost its weekly operation to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to two weekly flights, as of June 8.In the past few months, the division of Turkish Airlines ...
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European Transport Union Worried by EU Port Reform Plan
voiced concerns that a plan to reform European ports will threaten jobs and working conditions in pilotage, towage and mooring.The European Commission, the EU's ...
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CEVA Logistics to Provide Services for BIC in Spain
has signed a new contract with BIC, a manufacturer of stationary products, lighters and shavers.Under the contract, which commenced in September 2012, CEVA provides BIC with logistics solutions for the Iberian market, including the handling and storage of BIC's products in Spain and Portugal at CEVA's hub in Ontigola, Spain. CEVA will focus on improving BIC's warehousing ...
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Turkish-Armenian Author Sentenced To 13 Months In Jail For Blasphemy
Blasphemy laws are in the books in a number of Muslim countries, including Turkey and Pakistan. "Such laws are a tool for suppressing freedom of speech," HRF noted. In the blog that offended Turkish authorities, Nisanyan made a reference to the Prophet Muhammad, where he said: "It is not [a] 'hate crime' to poke fun at some Arab leader who, many [hundreds of] years ...
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China’s Peng Shuai stuns American Stephens in Brussels
China's eighth seed Peng Shuai upset the rankings to defeat fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Brussels Open quarterfinals.Peng is now through to the seventh Premier-level semifinal of her career, having gone 1-5 in her previous six.However, she did make the final in the Belgian capital Brussels in 2011 where she lost to former World No.1 Caroline ...
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UK police ponder conspiracy
British police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy.The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on ...
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What The Olive Oil Disaster Tells Us About The European Union
Last week the European Union published a law that said that olive oil could no longer be served in restaurants with refillable bottles or in bowls. Instead, only labelled, one use only, bottles could be used. This week the EU withdrew this ...
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Monaco make €70m swoop for Rodriguez Moutinho
Porto will make a massive profit on both, with Moutinho costing €11m when he signed from Sporting in July 2010. Rodriguez signed the same month from Argentine club Banfield for ...
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Frances Air liquide wins gas contract in China
/enpproperty--> PARIS - French energy company Air Liquide announced on Friday a long-term deal to supply industrial gas to the private Chinese group Fujian Shenyuan. "Under the terms of the contract, Air Liquide will invest in an industrial gases complex of eight units including an Air Separation Unit of 2,000 tons of oxygen per day, a Gasification unit, a Purification unit of synthesis ...
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Russia Pledges 1.7 Bln Euros for Serbian South Stream
BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi), May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will provide 1.7 billion euros to finance the construction of Serbia’s stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and then on to Greece, Italy and Austria, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "The Russian side undertakes to finance that ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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