Eurasia

A proposed peace conference on Syria will likely not happen until at least September, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, July 2, after meeting here with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kerry spoke privately with Lavrov for nearly

The European Parliament has decided Monday evening to hold a debate on the situation in Bulgaria. The debate will be held Tuesday afternoon in Strasbourg. It has

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, pledging to push forward cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Ponta is visiting China to attend the local

Mali’s Minister of Territorial Administration reassured that the July 28 presidential election will be held as planned. Moussa Coulibaly said on Tuesday

President Ivo Josipovic met the leaders of seven other western Balkan countries on Monday, the first day of Croatia’s EU membership, emphasising that Zagreb

Canada has closed its embassy in Egypt “for security reasons,” the department of foreign affairs announced Tuesday morning. The department said the embassy would be closed until further notice. 

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is on a visit to Serbian capital city Belgrade. In the frames of the visit Minister Bildt will meet with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. Yesterday the Swedish minister met with Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Serbian counterpart Ivan Mrkic.

Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean is to visit Macedonia on Wednesday. He is to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Poposki. They are expected to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has rejected an ultimatum set by the country’s army to reach an agreement with his opponents to end the political crisis. The Egyptian military on Monday gave 48 hours, demanding that a solution be reached on the political crisis

Egypt’s military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to “meet the people’s demands” or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out.