Istanbul to host technology expo next week
ISTANBUL
Turkey's leading technology event, the Smart Future World Expo 2019, will start in Istanbul next week.
The event will be attended by top officials, experts, and representatives from the business...
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at weekly close
Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the week at 100,215.95 points on Friday, down 0.13% versus Thursday's close.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 100,272.11 points. As of...
Turkey's exports to Balkans nearly hit $10B
ISTANBUL
Turkey saw a total of $9.8 billion export to Balkans in the first nine months of 2019, a 3.7% increase compared to the same period last year, according to...
Turkey: Manufacturing capacity utilization up in October
ANKARA
Turkey's manufacturing industry capacity utilization rate (CUR) marginally improved on a monthly basis in October, the Central Bank said Friday.
Local units operating in manufacturing industry used 76.4% capacity this...
Mauritius, Rwanda easiest places for business in Africa
KIGALI, Rwanda
Mauritius, Rwanda and Morocco were ranked as top easiest economies to do business in Africa, according to the 2020 Doing Business report released by the World Bank on...
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at Friday opening
ANKARA
Turkey's benchmark stock index decreased by 0.07%, or 73.54 points, to start the last transaction day of the week at 100,272.11 points.
On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose...
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BioNTech working on potential new vaccine against omicron variant
BERLIN
BioNTech confirmed on Monday that it has started to work on a potential new vaccine against the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
A company spokesperson...
Turkish, Iraqi business circles meet in Istanbul
ISTANBUL
Business people, contractors and sector representatives from Turkey and Iraq gathered in Istanbul on Friday to discuss pressing issues related to economy and trade.
The...
Palestine hails UN resolution affirming its sovereignty over natural resources
RAMALLAH, Palestine
Palestine on Friday welcomed a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly that affirms the Palestinian sovereignty over its natural resources.
In a statement,...
Japan approves $490B package to stimulate struggling economy
ISTANBUL
Japan on Friday approved a $490 billion economic package to stimulate the country’s economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government approved...
NATO urges Russia to show transparency about its military build-up
BERLIN
NATO urged Russia on Friday to refrain from escalating tensions on the border with Ukraine.
“We see a large and unusual concentration of Russian forces...