Now it's almost time, the first athletes have already arrived. A week before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian hosts opened the Olympic Villages on the Black Sea coast and in the mountains.

In a recently published statistic and statement on the development of forest stocks in Turkey, the Global Forest Watch institute came up with worrying figures - since 2000 around 164,000 hectares of forest have disappeared.

This year, the holy month of fasting Ramadan will take place from June 28th to July 27th, at least in part the World Cup in Brazil will run parallel. Although the 2014 World Cup will take place without the participation of the Turkish national team, there are still countless football fans in Turkey who would like to follow the World Cup.