Turkey News Gazette
Asylum seekers applying for international protection in the EU member states soared 12% year-on-year in 2019, according to Eurostat on Friday.The 27-member bloc saw a total of 612,700 first-time asylum seeker registrations last year, up from 549,000 p…
Read moreTurkey’s benchmark stock index closed the week at 85,795.79 points, up 0.70% from the previous close.Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index started the day at 87,217.14 points. As of the daily close, it earned 600.40 points from Thursday’s close of 85,195.39…
Read moreThe gross debt stock of Turkey’s central government stood at 1.4 trillion Turkish liras (around $225.8 billion) as of Feb. 29, official figures showed Friday.The figure was 25% up from the corresponding period last year, the Treasury and Finance Minis…
Read moreSix major central banks on Friday announced coordinated action to further enhance the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity via swap line arrangements.The Bank of Canada, Bank of England (BoE), Bank of Japan (BoJ), European Central Bank (ECB), Federal Re…
Read moreTurkey’s economic growth will exceed expectations in the first quarter with a slight slowdown in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s finance minister said Thursday.“Turkey prioritizes measures to keep a solid economy in line with 2020…
Read moreSerbia on Thursday suspended all commercial flights at its main airport in the capital, Belgrade, as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Transport Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said flights to and from Nikola Tesla Airport would be stop…
Read moreSaudi Arabia has decided to downsize its 2020 budget due to economic conditions caused by the novel coronavirus and falling oil prices.This year’s budget will be cut by $13.3 billion, corresponding to less than 5% of overall expenditure, Finance Minis…
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