The project to carry gas from Azerbaijan to Europe in the Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline through Turkey and Greece is officially confirmed, marking a possible economic gamechanger in the region The operators of the Shah Deniz 2 field – BP, Statoil, Azeri state energy firm SOCAR, Total, and others – officially announced June …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received a Romanian delegation led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta. The Head of State praised the Azerbaijan-Romania cooperation.

On Thursday, Batumi hosts the conference on ‘The defence and security of Georgia’, which has become a significant security forum for the whole South Caucasus. The conference is attended by representatives of the

Foreign Minister of Croatia Vesna Pusic on Wednesday said Croatia will support EU ambitions of the other Balkan countries after it joins the bloc next month. At a press conference held after she met with the Austrian

France on Thursday congratulated newly-appointed Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, whose Socialist-led coalition came to power after sometimes-violent Albanian legislative elections. But Paris expressed concern to Tirana about “certain violent incidents” that took place during

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, June 26 as preparations for the Geneva II conference to find a path to a solution for the deadlock in Syria are ongoing.

UN peacekeepers will start operations in Mali on July 1 after the UN Security Council gave the green light on Tuesday for the mission, which will be the world body’s third largest when fully deployed by the end of this year, envoys and officials said.

The programme of a North Atlantic Council’s delegation’s visit to Georgia has been announced. The visit of a NATO delegation will arrive in Georgia today and will end on June 27.

European Union ministers on Tuesday recommended that Serbia begin negotiations to win EU membership, officials said.

EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış hosted a lunch meeting for the ambassadors of EU states on Tuesday at the EU Affairs Ministry building in Ankara during which he briefed the ambassadors on the Gezi