Eurasia

Prime Minister Ponta says a new law should finally resolve the prolonged dispute about property seized by the Communists after the Second World War.The centre-right government of Victor Ponta said it will seek parliament’s approval for a law compensating former owners of properties confiscated by the Communist regime after the …

Swedish Ambassador in Ankara Hakan Akesson has said, “Turkey is very close to become a member of EU as it is both financially and economically important for EU.” Akesson told AA that Turkey had made significant reforms in last decade and was still making new reforms. They

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with his British counterpart William Hague in London. The two foreign minister discussed latest developments in Syria, the Middle East peace process, situation in Iraq and Egypt.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras during his visit to Greece, the administration of the president announced. According to the statement, the meeting took place within the scope of an official dinner of the European People’s Party.

The retired general who commanded Dutch peacekeepers in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica when Bosnian Serb fighters overran the town and massacred some 8,000 Muslim men won’t be prosecuted for involvement in the slayings, authorities announced Thursday.

Bulgaria’s outgoing parliament confirmed on Thursday a government decision to pull out of the long-stalled Burgas Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project. A total 115 lawmakers in the 240-seat legislature voted to throw out a 2007 agreement with Russia and Greece for the 280-kilometre (175-mile)

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will arrive in Azerbaijan in April, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Dimitrios Kourkoulas said on Thursday at a press conference on the results of his visit to Azerbaijan.

The debate on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen was postponed for end-2013 during Thursday’s sitting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA). During the JHA sitting, most of the member states admitted that Bulgaria and Romania had fulfilled

The assembly of the capital is pushing an initiative to grant a mainly Albanian-inhabited area municipal status – after an Albanian party warned it might boycott the presidential election. The assembly of Podgorica on Thursday agreed to allow residents of Tuzi, a mainly ethnic Albanian area near the city, to …

Bulgaria can expect Azeri gas via the Nabucco West pipeline in end- 2018 or early 2019, according to Christian Dolezal, spokesperson of the Nabucco consortium. “We are very optimistic because we provided everything the Shah Deniz consortium wanted. We have reached a very advanced stage