Turkish trade deficit shrank 12.1% in July, minister says
Turkey’s trade deficit narrowed 12.1% year-on-year to $6.4 billion in July, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Saturday.
Turkey’s trade deficit narrowed 12.1% year-on-year to $6.4 billion in July, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Saturday.
Greece on Saturday denounced Turkey’s decision to designate marine parks in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, calling it an “unacceptable, unilateral and illegal” move that violates international law.
Turkey has unveiled the boundaries of two proposed marine parks in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, days after Greece announced plans for two such parks in the Ionian and Aegean.
Prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old Algerian woman with premeditated murder and domestic abuse following the death of her three-year-old daughter, whose body was found on a beach in southern Athens last weekend, authorities said on Saturday.
Alcohol-related cancer deaths have surged in recent decades, experts report, even as overall cancer mortality declines.
Greece had the fourth highest rate in the eurozone in July, according to Eurostat estimates.
The Municipality of Tinos has filed a lawsuit against Greece’s electricity operator, DEDDIE, over repeated power outages plunging villages into darkness during peak tourist season.
Euronext aims to make the Athens Stock Exchange its main hub for Southeastern Europe, while the transaction (the acquisition of the Greek exchange by the European platform) is expected to be value-accretive to earnings from the very first year.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departed on Friday for Hania, where he will take a brief summer break before returning to Athens on Monday for pending obligations.
The economic climate index rose significantly in July, closing at 109.1 points, up from 106.1 points the previous month, the highest performance in the last 13 months.