Turkish health specialists have warned against an increase in COVID-19 cases across Turkey, urging authorities to take immediate precautions. The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of the Omicron strain have quickly increased the number of daily [Read More]
Greece’s annual inflation rate reached 12.1 percent in June, hitting a 30-year record high in the country, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Friday. The figure was up 0.8 percentage points from that in [Read More]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to enhance economic cooperation with Italy, particularly in the fields of energy and defense. Erdogan made the remarks after he held the third intergovernmental meeting with Italian Prime Minister [Read More]
Israel has launched a national center for blue economy and innovation, the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Haifa Municipality said in separate statements on Tuesday. The center was established in the northern city of [Read More]
The Israeli Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced in a statement that it has allowed the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to children and toddlers aged six months to five years. The announcement came after the [Read More]
Turkey on Tuesday established a ministerial council with Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia to boost regional transport and logistics cooperation. At the first meeting of the Quadrilateral Ministerial Coordination Council, the delegates from the four countries [Read More]
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid left on Tuesday for Paris for his first trip abroad after assuming office, where he is expected to ask for French intervention in Israel’s escalating tensions with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Lapid, [Read More]
Turkey banned entry to all the forests of its largest city Istanbul on Tuesday until the end of July over fire concerns, according to local officials. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya announced on Twitter that all [Read More]
Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai on Tuesday announced the reopening of Israel’s Economic and Trade Mission office in Turkey. The representation in Istanbul will resume activity on Aug. 1, after being drastically [Read More]
A new species of the warbler family of birds, the African desert warbler (Curruca deserti), has been spotted for the first time ever in Cyprus, an environmentalist said here on Tuesday. Thomas Hadjikyriakou, manager at [Read More]
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