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Turkey cancels Swedish Defense Minister's visit

February 2, 2023
ANKARA, January 21 – Novosti. Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that the visit of his Swedish counterpart, scheduled for January 27, was cancelled.It was assumed that the head of the Swedish Ministry of Defense will discuss in Ankara the application of Stockholm for membership in NATO , which Turkey has not yet ratified.January 17, 10:35 Turkey did not see…
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NYT: Russia withstood Western sanctions

January 31, 2023
MOSCOW, January 31 – Novosti. The Russian economy has withstood the sanctions and proved to be more resilient than expected in the West, wrote New York Times columnist Ana Swanson.“The Russian economy has proven surprisingly resilient, raising questions about the…
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Swedish Foreign Ministry admits that relations between Stockholm and Ankara are "cool"

January 31, 2023
MOSCOW, January 31 – Novosti. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said relations between Stockholm and Ankara are “cool” at the moment.Earlier, the leader of the Danish far-right Hard Deal party, Rasmus Paludan, burned the Koran at the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, having previously received permission from the Swedish authorities to hold the action. Later, he held an…
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Tour operators told how many Russians rested in Turkey last year

January 31, 2023
MOSCOW, January 31 – Novosti. The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has calculated how many foreign guests visited the country last year, ATOR reports .In just a year, 44.5 million travelers arrived from abroad. This is 80 percent more than a year earlier, and…
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Turkey is in contact with Finland on NATO, Ankara says

January 31, 2023
ANKARA, January 31 – Novosti. Turkey is in contact with Finland on the NATO membership process, and the situation may clear up in the coming days, Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said.Finland and Sweden , against the backdrop of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine , on May 18, 2022, submitted applications to the NATO Secretary General to join the alliance. To date…
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Ankara urged not to link F-16 deal with NATO expansion process

January 31, 2023
ANKARA, January 31 – Novosti. Turkey urges not to connect the process of membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO with the process of Ankara’s purchase of American F-16s, said the official representative of the Turkish President Ibrahim Kalin.Finland and Sweden…
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In Turkey, they calculated how much money tourists spend in the resorts of the country

January 31, 2023
ISTANBUL, January 31 – Novosti. Turkey’s tourism revenue for 2022 topped a record $46 billion, Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said.The travel industry’s goal for 2023 is to make more than $56 billion, the official noted. The authorities hope that foreigners will spend an average of $95 a day this year, and by 2028 it will already be $118.“The task is to bring tourism…
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