Helsinki - Nearly 50 foreign ministers gathered here in Helsinki on Thursday for a two-day Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, during which Russia will try to convince the participants of the need for a new security arrangement in the "Old Continent."
The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan crude pipeline, a key outlet for Caspian crude to global markets, is set to restart by this weekend after being knocked out of service nearly two weeks ago following a blaze, as the testing of the line would begin on Wednesday.
Human Rights Watch has reported that the decision taken up by the European Court of Human Rights to reinforce the headscarf ban in Turkey will deny thousands of women access to higher education and a professional life in Turkey. The ECHR's Grand Chamber last week rejected an appeal made by Leyla Sahin, who was studying to become a medical doctor in turkey, but was banned from medical school when she refused to remove her headscarf. In the end she had to study abroad.