Eurasia

Afghanistan will move embassy from Bulgaria to Greece

Afghanistan would shut its embassy in Bulgaria and open a mission in Greece in a few months to assist thousand of illegal migrants in that country, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The embassy in Athens would open by the end of March to address …

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Turkey approves South Stream pipeline construction

Turkey on Wednesday has allowed Russia to construct South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea. At the beginning of December Russia and Turkey discussed many energy issues, including the South Stream project. Ankara was delaying the construction permit in its territorial waters.

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U.S. extradites war crimes suspect in 1990s

The United States on Tuesday extradited a Muslim Bosnian woman suspected of killing six Croats in 1993 during a war that ripped the region apart, the prosecutor’s office in Sarajevo, Bosnia, said. The woman, Rasema Handanovic, 39, is suspected of taking part in the mass killings of Croatian civilians in …

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Georgian appoints new ambassadors to Greece and Romania

The Georgian Parliament approved the candidacies of new ambassadors to Greece and Romania on Tuesday. President of Georgia introduced his nominees David Bakradze to Greece and Ilia Giorgadze to Romania to the parliament’s approval. The candidates were interviewed in the committees of the legislative body before they pass approval at …

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