Eurasia Press & News
In a phone call on Wednesday Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and US Secretary of State John Kerry assessed the current situation in Syria, and Kerry briefed the Turkish foreign minister on his Jan. 13 meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Paris, where the two also discussed developments in …
Read More »Turkey spent over $2.5 billion for Syrian refugees
Turkey has spent $2.5 billion for Syrian refugees while the total of international support for the Turkish government stands at $175 million, Development Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said Wednesday in his remarks at a donor’s summit
Read More »Kerry to Geneva II conference on Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Montreux and Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 25 to attend two high-level meetings.
Read More »Turkey to reshuffle judiciary system after graft probe row
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) reassigned the Chief Prosecutor of Istanbul, Turhan Çolakkadı, from his office to a passive position on Jan. 16, as a part of a reshuffle move involving some 20 prosecutors
Read More »Pakistan Foreign Office rejects Indian’s Army Chief statement
Pakistani Foreign Office on Thursday rejected a statement issued by Indian army chief General Bikram Singh and declared it as unfortunate and provocative, said an official press release. The Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam in a weekly media briefing in Islamabad said that such remarks could lead to deterioration of …
Read More »Syrian gov’t allows aid in two rebel areas
A relief official says the Syrian government has allowed food supplies to enter two besieged areas under rebel control near the capital, Damascus.
Read More »Ban Ki-moon says half of Syrians need aid urgently
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that half of Syria’s population now “urgently need humanitarian aid”. He was speaking at a donor conference in Kuwait to raise funds for the worsening humanitarian crisis.
Read More »Bulgaria to start fence on Turkish border
The construction of the wire fence at the Bulgarian – Turkish border will begin on January 20, Minister of Defense Angel Naydenov announced.
Read More »EU calls on Albania to make more efforts for candidate status
The European Union (EU) and Greece urged Albania on Wednesday to push ahead wide-ranging reforms ahead of the EU’s decision on whether to grant the Balkan state candidate status to the bloc. Launching the six-month presidency of the European Union by neighbouring Greece, the EU’s Ambassador Ettore Sequi said a …
Read More »EP votes resolution on Serbia
The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Thursday a report from rapporteur Jelko Kacin on Serbia’s progress in EU integration. The non-binding resolution supports the start of Serbia’s EU membership talks, sees
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