Eurasia

Turkish President Abdullah Gül visits Egypt to strengthen ties

Turkish President Abdullah Gül is paying a visit to Egypt to help that country make an orderly and peaceful transition and to show that Turkey stands by post-revolution Egypt in this transition. Gül said that he will express his wishes for Egypt to emerge from this turmoil more powerful and

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EU border guards team will remain in Greece on a permanent basis

The European Union on Wednesday said its team of border guards will remain on Greece’s northeastern frontier with Turkey on a permanent basis in an effort to stop the stream of migrants coming into the bloc. In November, the EU’s border protection agency Frontex sent a 200-member force from 25 …

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Montenegrin court to give verdict on 1992 deportations

The verdict in the case of nine former police officers on trial for the1992 illegal deportation of Bosniak civilians from Montenegro will be delivered on March 29th. Both prosecutors and defence attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday (March 1st). The defendants told the court they are not guilty, as …

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UK armed forces’ delegation visits Macedonia

Delegation of the United Kingdom armed forces, led by British Army Chief of General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, pays Wednesday an official visit to the Macedonian Army (ARM) General Staff, Sitel announced. General Wall is set to meet with host, Chief of ARM Staff, Lieutenant-General Miroslav Stojanovski, who will …

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Turk Cypriots protest austerity measures pressed by Ankara

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets Wednesday to protest at belt-tightening economic measures, pressed by Turkey, even though a similar demonstration in January angered Ankara. The protesters flocked to a square in the northern section of Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, forming

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Moldova cannot have a visa-free regime with EU before 2012

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Natalia German denied words of Prime Minister Vlad Filat, that Moldova would be granted a visa-free regime with the EU in 2012. “The action plan for liberalising the visa regime will be fulfilled by the end of 2012. This does …

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