Europe - Balkans
Macedonia – More than a name
The Guardian: Macedonia’s president said on Wednesday he would not sign a landmark deal reached with Greece on changing his country’s name,…
Azerbaijan’s ambition to send gas to Europe step nearer as Turkey launches TANAP
AFP: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared open the $8bn and 1,850-km Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) that connects with an…
Greece agrees to recognise the Republic of North Macedonia
BBC: Greece has reached a deal on the name of its northern neighbour, which called itself Macedonia at the break-up of the…
Ozil and Gundogan meet German President to make up for meeting with Erdogan
Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan, two German national football players of Turkish origin met Germany's president and football heads…
Erdogan seeks support in his Presidential election bid in Sarajevo
Euronews and Al Jazeera report that Turkey's President Erdogan held a rally in Sarajevo ahead of next month's election in his country.…
Erdogan : Muslim leaders should unite and confront Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslim leaders to unite and confront Israel. Speaking at an extraordinary summit of the…
Turkey and Israel expel respective ambassadors; Belgium and Ireland summon Israeli ambassadors over Gaza violence
The Haertz reports that "Israel expelled the Turkish consul in Jerusalem hours after the Israeli ambassador to Turkey was expelled on Tuesday.…
DFB reprimands football players, Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan for meeting Erdogan
Germany players Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan have been criticized for meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both are of Turkish…
Turkish President Erdogan arrives in the UK
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, began a three-day state visit to the UK on Sunday. On his arrival in the UK, he…
Expectations and revelations before Erdogan start’s UK visit
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Theresa May during his official three-day visit to the…
Protests in Montenegro, following the shooting which wounded investigative journalist
Olivera Lakić, a journalist for the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, was wounded in the right leg outside her home in the capital, Podgorica.…
If re-elected, Turkish President Erdogan vowed that his country will launch new military operations to clear borders fro ‘terrorists’.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has vowed that his country will launch new military operations "to clear its borders from terrorists". President…