Eurasia Press & News
BEIJING (Reuters) – New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Beijing on Friday, offering energy deals and military cooperation but seeking pledges of solidarity with resurgent China at a time when ties with the West are strained.
Read More »Turkey Seeks to Help Solution of Iran’s N. Issue
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ankara is set to take up a role in easing the process of talks between the world powers and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear issue, a source in the Turkish foreign ministry said.
Read More »Two Afghans, ISAF soldier killed in Koran protest
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A protest over the shooting of the Koran by a U.S. soldier in Iraq turned violent in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a Lithuanian soldier and two Afghan civilians.
Read More »Pakistani journalist killed near Afghan border
KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a Pakistani journalist on Thursday in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border where al Qaeda linked militants have been known to operate, his company and residents said.
Read More »Italy pledges $300,000 to fight Afghan disease
KABUL (Reuters) – Italy’s government has pledged $300,000 to help combat a disease outbreak in western Afghanistan that has killed 17 people since February, the Afghan Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Read More »Bulgaria troops in Iraq to relocate to Baghdad
SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian government decided on Thursday to relocate 155 Bulgarian troops serving in Iraq to Baghdad to guard a U.S. detention facility.
Read More »FACTBOX: Serbia’s Socialists, in their own words
(Reuters) – Courted by rival pro-Western and nationalist blocs for a coalition government, Serbia’s Socialists are torn between a new respectability in Europe and the legacy of their founder, autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.
Read More »Serb Socialists torn over identity as rivals woo them
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Courted by pro-Western and nationalist rivals for a coalition government, Serbia’s Socialists are torn between seeking new respectability in Europe and the legacy of their founder, autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.
Read More »Georgian opposition vows to challenge election
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition block said on Thursday it would challenge the result of a parliamentary election that President Mikheil Saakashvili said he had won.
Read More »Georgia’s Saakashvili leads in early election results
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s National Movement of President Mikheil Saakashvili was leading with 60.92 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election, early official results showed on Thursday.
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