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  • Istanbul, Turkey
    Wednesday May 12, 2010
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    Turkey and Russia signed 17 agreements to enhance cooperation

    Istanbul, Turkey
    Wednesday May 12, 2010

    On 12 May 2010, Turkey and Russia signed 17 agreements to enhance cooperation in energy and other fields, including pacts to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant and further plans for an oil pipeline from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of both countries also signed an agreement on visa-free travel, enabling tourists to get into the country for free and stay there for up to 30 days.




  • England
    Wednesday May 12, 2010
    Theresa May

    Appointed Home Secretary

    England
    Wednesday May 12, 2010

    On 12 May 2010, when May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality by Prime Minister David Cameron as part of his first Cabinet, she became the fourth woman to hold one of the British Great Offices of State, after Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister), Margaret Beckett (Foreign Secretary) and Jacqui Smith (Home Secretary).




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