Eurasia

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has declared his country’s support for Romania’s phased-in Schengen Agreement accession. “France has always been open to

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held a briefing in Ankara on Thursday with Turkish ambassadors to Middle Eastern countries on the latest developments in the politically fragile region.

Britain’s parliament backed a motion on Thursday, July 11 requiring Prime Minister David Cameron to give it a veto over any future move to arm Syrian rebels, in a symbolic vote the government said it would heed.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with his Moldovan counterpart Nicolae Timofti ahead of the European People’s Party-organized Eastern Partnership summit.

The governor of the flashpoint Malian town of Kidal returned to his job on Thursday after more than a yearlong absence, ahead of crucial nationwide elections later this month. Adama Kamissoko’s reinstatement comes at a time of violent protests in the northeastern rebel stronghold.

Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets of the capital Sofia for a 28th consecutive evening to demand the resignation of the Socialist-led government over its ties with oligarchs.

The EU will allocate 16 million euros worth of assistance to Georgia as part of the “more for more” principle. A financial agreement will be signed by the Georgian State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic

Serbian and Montenegrin parliament speakers have said the two countries should continue regional cooperation and inter-parliamentary exchange of experience. This is true especially in the context of European integration, Nebojša Stefanović and Ranko Krivokapić stated in Belgrade on Thursday.

EU foreign policy chief Ashton on Wednesday urged the Kosovo parliament to adopt the controversial amnesty legislation which was voted down last week amid public opposition to a clause that could be used to pardon violent criminals.

Egypt summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo on Tuesday in protest at what it viewed as Ankara’s interference in Egyptian affairs, after Turkey described the Egyptian army’s overthrow of elected President Mohamed Morsi as an “unacceptable coup”.