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EU -Turkey Association Council to convene in Brussels

The European Union-Turkey Association Council is set to hold its 49th meeting in Brussels today. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the chief EU negotiator, State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bağış, will represent Turkey in the meeting of the association council. EU officials attending the meeting are expected to …

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France wants more efforts from Bulgaria to join Schengen

Bulgaria would join the Schengen area, but France needs more time to be convinced of its readiness, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said on Monday. “Accession to Schengen requires a number of conditions to be completed — from technical preparedness and general behavior, to tackling crime

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Bosnia’s two main Croat parties form National Assembly

Bosnia’s two main Croat parties will officially launch the Croat National Assembly, HNS, on Tuesday in Mostar, a move they say will give a true voice to Croats in Bosnia. The Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and its sister party the HDZ 1990, along with several minor Croat political organisations, launched …

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Croatia to launch initiatives to refute Gotovina verdict findings

Croatia plans to launch initiatives to refute the findings of the UN war crimes court that Croatian political and military leaders participated in a joint criminal enterprise during the war in the 1990s. Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday that the government was planning to take action to …

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UN envoy points to March 2012 as new deadline for Cyprus peace talks

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, appeared to talk of a deadline for talks to reunite Cyprus, saying from March 2012 it will be difficult for Greek Cypriots to both prepare for their term at the helm of the European Union and to conduct talks with …

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Armenia, Georgia interested in exchange of defense reform experience

Armenia and Georgia are interested in the exchange of experience in reforms in defense sector, Georgian Minister of Defense Bacho Akhalaia stated at news conference in Yerevan. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan in turn, characterized the exchange of experience as the main line of bilateral cooperation. “Armenia and Georgia can …

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Romania, Azerbaijan sign strategic partnership

Azerbaijan and Romania have signed several bilateral documents following an expanded format meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Romanian President Traian Basescu. Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Traian Basescu of Romania signed a Joint Action Plan on implementation of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania.

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EC to continue aid to Moldova for education

The European Commission (EC) will continue providing Moldova with a financial support for the education sector upgrading. At the meeting of Minister of Education Mihai Sleahtitchi with EC regional coordinator for Moldova Angelo Borgogni on Thursday, the parts considered

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