SINGAPORE – Huobi Group, alongside Kemer Partners, announces that it will be hosting the first annual Eurasia Blockchain Summit, set to be the largest blockchain and cryptocurrency gathering in Turkey, a region many speculate is currently leading the rate of cryptocurrency adoption in Europe. (more…)
Evidence is emerging that in Syria chemical weapons were not used by forces of the Assad government, but by rebel units seeking to trick the Americans into military strikes against the Assad regime, blaming it for breaching President Obama’s so-called “red line” against use of such weapons. (more…)
Ankara – The Turkish government has full confidence about the future of energy investments in Turkey following the municipal elections, Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has said. (more…)
A French auction house has announced that it is putting up for sale a large number of katsinam – objects sacred to the Hopi tribe of Arizona – just months after a similar auction caused an international furore. (more…)
Istanbul – Turkey
Ankara – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan has unveiled a number of reforms on issues regarding political rights, such as election threshold, party organisation and propaganda in non-Turkish languages. (more…)
Retirement Age
One in seven (14%) non-retired people, the equivalent of 5.1 million individuals, do not plan on retiring, according to the latest consumer research by Baring Asset Management (“Barings”)[1]. An increase from 12% in 2012[2] and 10% in 2011[3], this is the highest such figure since the Barings’ annual study began in 2008[4]. (more…)
