Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Power struggle in the Black Sea
Since the Russian annexation of Crimean Peninsula in March 2014, the Black Sea has become one of the areas of confrontation between Russia and the West …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkish man caught smuggling baby lion cub from Ukraine
A Turkish man has been caught while attempting to smuggle a one month-old lion cub from Ukraine to Turkey, Doğan News Agency reported on March 23. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey, Ukraine sign passport-free travel deal to boost tourism
Turkey and Ukraine have signed an agreement allowing their citizens to travel to each other’s countries with only an identity card, in a bid to boost tourism. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Gazprom offer to avoid fines allays worries: EU
Gazprom is ready to comply with EU rules to end a five-year antitrust case and avoid fines, the bloc’s competition commissioner said yesterday, signaling a thaw in business ties between Moscow and Brussels despite tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey, Ukraine to sign deal for passport-free travel
Ukraine and Turkey are set to sign an agreement allowing their citizens to travel to each other’s countries without passports, Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has said ahead of a two-day visit to Turkey’s capital Ankara starting on March 14. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Stress under shelling produces baby boom in Ukraine
Olena Gorbatova gave birth to her third child in war-torn eastern Ukraine to the sounds of gunfire and exploding shells in the Kyiv-held flashpoint town of Avdiivka …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia, NATO hold first high-level military talks since freeze
Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on March 3 held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Antalya set to host over 4 mln tourists from Russia, Ukraine
The Mediterranean resort province of Antalya is set to host over 4 million tourists from Russia and Ukraine and experience an increase in the number of arrivals from Israel after a daunting year, according to a top local association …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine soldier killed in clashes despite cease-fire
One soldier has been killed and another wounded in eastern Ukraine, the army said on Feb. 20, as it accused rebels of breaking a new truce deal announced at the weekend and which took effect as of Feb. 20 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
New Ukraine truce due to come into force on Feb 20
A truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine will come into force on Feb. 20, Moscow and Kiev said, though some separatists were already labelling it unfeasible. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
