“If we look at the EU-Turkey relationship from the perspective of EU and Turkish companies having a strong expertise in a number of fields and looking for opportunities to work together under EU funded programmes, we have to take into account three broad considerations: the EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations; the EU Pre-Accession Programmes in Turkey; the other fields of relations such as energy.” said the Head of the Delegation... (01.07.2009)

Izmir’s 60.Yıl Anatolian High School became the champion of the Europe Quiz 2009, the knowledge competition which mobilised more than a thousand high schools across Turkey. (01.07.2009)

Sweden took over the rotating Presidency of the EU on 1 July. Speaking about his country’s EU Presidency, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said that it was firstly a question of leading the EU through the financial and economic crisis, dealing with unemployment in Europe and continuing the work to tackle climate change. (01.07.2009)

For the third year in a row, the European Commission launched an international drawing competition on gender equality on International Women's Day 8 March 2009. This competition called on children in developing countries to express their vision of gender equality through a drawing. (30.06.2009)

The signatures of three loan agreements worth EUR 885 million with the Undersecretariat of Treasury and a number of its long-standing banking partners mark a milestone for the EIB's lending activity in Turkey. (30.06.2009)

If you think you (don’t) know as much as you want about Europe, come on 29 June at the Hilton Hotel in Ankara (10 o’clock for semi-finals, 14.00 for the final), where the final stage of the Europe Quiz takes place. (26.06.2009)