Thousands of protesters camped out Monday in Kiev’s central square after violent clashes during huge demonstrations calling for early elections to punish the Ukrainian government for rejecting a historic EU pact. Defying a protest ban, the energetic crowd chanted “Revolution!” and “Down with the gang” as it
Read More »Azerbaijani, Georgian, Turkish FMs to meet in Baku in January
The next meeting of Azerbaijani, Georgia and Turkish foreign ministers will be held in 2014 in Baku. The preliminarily trilateral meeting has been scheduled for January.
Read More »Syrian refugess costs Turkey 650 million dollars
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday his country spent nearly USD 650 million on the relief effort for the Syrian refugees in camps in areas close to the borders with Syria.
Read More »Bulgaria welcomes Moldova, Georgia’s decision to sign Asociation Agreements
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev spoke on Friday at the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius. “In spite of the external pressure that Georgia and Moldova faced, those two countries clearly showed
Read More »EU says it’s still ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine
EU regrets about not signing Association Agreement with Ukraine that is the widest offer of partnership for the states that are not members of the European Union, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said. “The offer of signing the most ambitious agreement the European Union has ever offered …
Read More »Pakistani PM to meet Afghan President to discuss peace process
Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will visit Kabul on Saturday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and members of the High Peace Council to discuss bilateral ties and peace process following the pull out of
Read More »Egyptian ambassador to Ankara left the country
Egyptian ambassador to Ankara Abdurrahman Salahaddin has left Turkey after he was declared persona non grata. On Nov.23, 2013 the Egyptian
Read More »KFOR troops will not be reduced
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove says KFOR at this point did not plan to reduce the number of its troops from Kosovo. NATO is committed to supporting the agreement between Belgrade
Read More »NATO welcomes results of Vilnius summit
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday welcomed the results of the Eastern Partnership Summit which ended today in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. “The Vilnius Summit is a defining moment in the European Union’s relationship with Eastern European partners. I congratulate Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova
Read More »Malian soldiers clash with demonstrators after vote results
Malian soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in the troubled northern city of Kidal Thursday, residents said, wounding five people in an altercation that highlighted tensions over the country’s new government.
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