Eurasia

The Greek Parliament ratified the Intergovernmental Agreement between Albania, Italy and Greece on the construction and operation of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project. The Intergovernmental Agreement between the three

Russia has agreed to grant Serbia a $500 million loan, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday, April 10 with a first tranche of $300 million to be handed over immediately.

Turkish Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis stated that they expected full support from EU in regards to fight against terrorism. Reminding that there were parties benefiting from drug trafficking, human smuggling and arms trade, Bagis said, “We expect full support

Weapons are spreading from Libya at an “alarming rate,” fuelling conflicts in Mali, Syria and elsewhere and boosting the arsenals of extremists and criminals in the region, according to a UN report. The report by the UN Security Council’s Group of Experts – who monitor an arms embargo imposed on …

The Greek government appeared dissatisfied on Wednesday following the presentation of a new proposal regarding the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in New York on Tuesday.

Georgia considers Azerbaijan as its strategic partner. The new government also adheres to this position, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said at a meeting with editors of the Georgian media today. “Of course, Azerbaijan is our strategic partner,” he said. “We intend to continue our joint projects and develop them …

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister, Marin Raykov called for a new and more in-depth analysis of the Russian-sponsored South Stream gas pipeline project. Speaking Wednesday at the regularly-scheduled meeting of the caretaker government, Raykov asked his ministers to organize a round table on South Stream.

Kosovar Parliament Speaker Yakup Krasnici on Monday said that Serbia’s rejection of an European Union (EU) offer on Kosovo was “not tragic”. In a statement made on Monday, Krasnici underlined that Kosovo and

France has started to withdraw its troops from Mali, with the first group of 100 soldiers already leaving the West African country to Cyprus, local media reported Tuesday.

“Road infrastructure in North Bulgaria will be a total priority in the next programme period,” Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said at the opening of the 8th Annual National Conference ‘Strategic Infrastructure Bulgaria 2013’.