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Turchia
Turkey aims to triple market share of Islamic finance
Turkey is committed to tripling the market share of Islamic finance, bringing it up to 15 percent by 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said.
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Turchia USA
Çavuşoğlu, Kerry discuss US decision to remove families of diplomats from Istanbul
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke on the phone with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the latter’s decision to remove the families of U.S. consulate personnel in Istanbul due to security reasons.
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Giappone
Temples enter matchmaking business in marriage-shy Japan
TOKYO - Traditionally seen as conductors of funerals or memorial services, some Buddhist monks in Japan are carving out a new niche as matchmakers for men and women looking for marriage partners.
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Messico
Empresa familiar exportará a México guitarras artesanales
Tras incursionar con éxito en el mercado estadounidense, Guitarras Borja logró cerrar las tratativas para exportar sus productos artesanales a México a partir del 2017, confirmó la vocera de la empresa familiar asentada en Luque, Luz Borja.
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Albania
Sortie du premier véhicule Hyundai de l’usine de Tiaret
Une voiture blanche de marque Hyundai, la Tucson, est sortie avant-hier des chaînes de montage de l’usine baséedans la zone industrielle de Zaaroura, à Tiaret, en présence du président du groupe Tahkout Manufacturing Company (TMC), Mahieddine Tahkout, et des autorités locales, dont le wali de Tiaret, Abdeslam Bentouati. Une visite ...
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Panama
Icelanders vote for stability as Pirates fall short of expectations
Icelanders opted for stability in a general election, results showed today, with the anti-establishment Pirate Party falling short of expectations and the junior partner in the outgoing government emerging on top. With voters still angered by the 2008 financial crisis and the naming of several government figures in an offshore tax ...
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Malta
Animal hospital opens in Ta' Qali
A new veterinary hospital was opened at Ta' Qali today, a joint venture between the government and the private sector. It replaces the St Fancis animal centre set up by the former government, which was closed for the past few months. The hospital includes a veterinary pharmacy which is open round the ...
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Malta
A Phoenician wreck that just keeps giving
A jug unearthed at the oldest shipwreck in the central Mediterranean could prove that the Maltese islands were an integral part of the Phoenician trade network. “To date, we knew that the Phoenicians lived here, because they died here. And to date, our main archaeological sources came from graves,” marine archaeologist ...
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Malta
Ice ice baby
The regulars at the IceHotel in Jukkasajarvi, 100 miles into Swedish Lapland and 150 miles beyond the Arctic Circle, tend to be spruce business types. Spruce trees are big business in northern Sweden and travel-ling spruce salesmen need somewhere to stay in Europe’s last wilderness. The IceHotel (formerly the Arctic Hall Hotel) ...
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Panama
Iceland backs traditional party over Pirates
Voters fear for economy and seek stability in wake of Panama Papers scandal