Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in Kiev on Sunday in a rally opposing new laws aimed at stamping out anti-government demonstrations. Up to 100 000 Ukrainians gathered Sunday in the center of Kiev to show their
Read More »UN invited Iran to attend Geneva II peace talks
Iran was invited to Geneva-2, after intensive talks between UN leader Ban Ki-moon and foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who agreed to attend the Syria peace talks.
Read More »Syrian National Coalition (SNC) suspends participation in Geneva II
Syria’s main opposition group in exile Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said on Monday that it suspends its participation in Geneva II conference due to UN’s invitation to Iran.
Read More »EU could send troops into CAR
European Union foreign ministers are expected to approve sending troops to the Central African Republic (CAR) at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart in Paris next week. The ministers, in presence of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs (ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russia, Jacques Faure of
Read More »Bulgarian President visits Albania
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is on an official visit to Albania where he is to meet with Lulzim Basha, mayor of the capital city Tirana.
Read More »Obama, British PM discuss Syria and region situation
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday in a call the White House described as “part of their ongoing consultations on shared security challenges and advancing the special
Read More »EP adopts resolution on Kosovo
The European Parliament (EP) passed on Thursday a resolution on Kosovo welcoming the European Council decision to open SAA negotiations.
Read More »US expressed concerns over democratic principles in Ukraine
The US expressed its concerns Thursday on a bill passed by the Ukrainian parliament – or Verkhovna Rada, as it is also known – that curtails freedoms of speech, assembly and association in the Eastern European nation which has
Read More »Syrian gov’t agrees to participate peace conference
The Syrian government announced Thursday that it will attend the UN-sponsored Geneva conference for Syria peace planned next week, but voiced rejection to the declared agenda of the conference.
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