Population 70.5 but still counting 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Adana, Ankara, Ardahan, Ömer Demir, Bursa, census, Hakan Ercan, Istanbul, Izmir, Middle East Technical University, population, rural, TÜIK, Tiliç, Turkey / Turquie, Turkish Statistics Institute, urban
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Turkish Daily News
22 January 2008, Ankara
According to initial results from the new address-based system, Turkey’s population stands at 70.5 million. A lower than expected figure that will change most economic and social figures, experts say. (suite…)
The Caspian moment 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian, Elmar Mammadyarov, Nagorno-Karabakh
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The Wall Street Journal Europe, 21 January 2008, Pg. 10
By Elmar Mammadyarov *
The Caspian is back on the international energy agenda. Our region, rich in oil and gas, is emerging from the Soviet past with a bang. But we still have unfinished business. Regional integration is a priority for Azerbaijan. (suite…)
Caspian uncertainty biggest threat to EU gas scheme 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie.Tags: Black Sea, Charles Esser, Fatih Birol, International Crisis Group, International Energy Agency, Iran, Jonathan Stern, Nabucco, Necdet Pamuk, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, pipeline, Russia / Russie, South Stream, Trans-Caspian, Turkmenistan
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Reuters News, 22/01/2008
By Anna Mudeva and Thomas Grove
Uncertain central Asian gas supplies have emerged as the largest threat to an EU scheme to provide an alternative to Russian gas following a month-long stand-off between Turkmenistan and Iran, analysts say. (suite…)
La Serbie approuve un important accord énergétique avec Gazprom 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est.Tags: Banatski dvor, gazoduc, Gazprom, Mladjan Dinkic, NIS, Russia / Russie, Serbie, South Stream
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Agence France Presse
22 janvier 2008, Belgrade
Le gouvernement serbe a approuvé mardi un important accord avec le géant gazier russe, Gazprom qui renforce le rôle énergétique de la Russie dans les Balkans, a indiqué le gouvernement dans un communiqué. (suite…)
Balkans tie Russia and Georgia tights 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est.Tags: Abkhazia, Balkans, Georgia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ossetia, Russia, Russia / Russie, Saakashvili
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Kommersant(Russia)
21 janvier 2008
Plagiarizing Pushkin I’d say: “A shadow of Lavrov fell over the hills of Georgia”. The shadow fell on the occasion of the inauguration of President Saakashvili. (suite…)
The sultan of the Ottoman empire awarded medals and other accolades to Imperial Japanese Navy officers 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire.Tags: Abdulhamid, Buyuk Imtiyaz Madalyasi, Eitaro Kishi, Ertugrul, History / Histoire, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Japan, Ottoman, Tufan Turanli
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International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi)
21 janvier 2008
Over a century ago, the sultan of the Ottoman empire awarded medals and other accolades to Imperial Japanese Navy officers who helped return sailors shipwrecked off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture to what is now Turkey. (suite…)
Musique et histoire pour un dialogue interculturel 22 janvier 2008
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Istanbul.Tags: Festival, Fontfoide, France, Istanbul, l'année européenne du dialogue interculturel
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L’Indépendant (France), 22 janvier 2008
R. F., Narbonne
Jordi Savall et Montserrat Figueras seront les têtes d’affiche du 3e Festival Musique et histoire de l’abbaye de Fontfoide du 1er au 5 août prochains… (suite…)
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