Eurasia

EU foreign policy supremo Catherine Ashton condemned police violence in Turkey as anti-government protests in dozens of cities there entered a fourth day Monday. A statement issued by her office Sunday said she had “expressed deep concern at the violence that occurred in Istanbul and

A delegation of the Macedonian government headed by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski arrived in Belgrade on Monday for a joint session with Serbian counterparts. After a ceremonial welcome in front of the Palace of Serbia, the

Turkey’s Islamist-rooted government faced growing pressure on Monday after angry demonstrators clashed for a third night with police in a nationwide wave of protests. Police fired tear gas and water cannon Sunday at protesters who marched on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offices in Istanbul and Ankara.

The next, third round of inter-ministerial consultations was held in Bucharest on Thursday, Uzbekistan Foreign Affairs Ministry reported. During the consultations, the sides

Russia’s MiG aircraft maker said Friday it plans to sign a new agreement to ship at least 10 fighter jets to Syria, a move that comes amid international criticism of earlier Russian weapons deals with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.

A UN court has acquitted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed

Armenia’s President, Serzh Sargsyan, on Friday received Ambassador Philippe Lefort, the European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received former Croatian President Stepan Mesich today. The sides expressed satisfaction with the current development of friendly relations between

The Moldovan parliament on Friday approved a new pro-Western government headed by veteran diplomat Iurie Leanca to end the politically volatile ex-Soviet state’s latest political crisis and set it on a course to EU membership. Fifty-seven out of 101 deputies in parliament voted to approve the appointment of Leanca as

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule will arrive on a visit to Macedonia on Friday, May 31.