Eurasia

EC Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed in Brussels on Tuesday the Serbian delegation led by Prime Minister Ivica Dacic. The delegation has begun negotiations with the EU on the country’s

European Union ministers discussed plans Monday to send hundreds of troops to the Central African Republic, a rare joint military mission aimed at restoring order amid fears of sectarian violence.

Belgrade will have to remain fully committed to normalizing relations with Pristina, outlined EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. Fuele was present in Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels, where Serbia’s EU accession talks were officially given a start.

As an OSCE participating state and as the country currently holding the EU Presidency, Greece fully supports the Minsk Group’s efforts to mediate the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute through a solution that

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, who is paying an official to Ankara, has today met with Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Turkish and Georgian presidents discussed repatriation of Meskhetian Turks.

Upon Greece’s invitation, Interim President Adly Mansour on a one-day visit to Athens on Monday aims to consolidate bilateral relations in various fields between the two countries. The trip is Mansour’s first to the European Union.

Catherine Ashton, on Sunday voiced approval of Egypt’s referendum on a new constitution, but said she expected it to usher in civilian leadership. She welcomed the vote taking place “in a largely orderly manner”, while noting in her statement that turnout

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is paying an official visit to Turkey. This is the first official visit of Margvelashvili.

India on Monday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile from Wheeler Island off the coast of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, government sources said.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to embark on a two-day trip to Brussels, marking his first visit to the EU’s capital since 2009. Erdoğan will hold tough talks on the future of Turkey’s accession process, in the face of