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The first meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will take place on November 16-17 in Brussels, a spokesperson for the European Commission said.

Georgian president expressed satisfaction with the format of enlarged council on national security of Georgia. Mikheil Saakashvili stated at the regular meeting of the enlarged council that these meetings involving the opposition are a dialogue between the government and the opposition. “Of course, the dialogue does not mean we will …

Turkey has announced plans to improve the rights of its Kurdish minority. The reforms are seen as a way of boosting Turkey’s chances of EU membership and include the creation of an independent anti-discrimination commission to prevent torture and discrimination. The plan also involves allowing the Kurdish language to be …

Following a ceremony of signing Azerbaijan-Bulgaria documents on Friday in Sophia, Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria held a joint press conference. Bulgaria President Parvanov noted the documents signed today elevated bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level. According to him, an active political dialogue exists …

On Nov. 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s one-day working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria ended. An honor guard was built at the international airport of Sofia in honor of the President of Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev was accompanied by high-ranking officials and government representatives of Bulgaria.

The Georgian parliament will begin discussions on nominees to the post of Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan today. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili nominated earlier this week Presidential Administration Spokesman Ivan Noniashvili.

Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili discussed the country’s occupied territories and de-occupation with EU diplomats. The sides also analyzed the national strategy toward the occupied territories, which is still under development, Yakobashvili said. According to the minister, it was symbolic that the meeting was held at the Radisson Hotel, …

“Presently, we do not intend to change the format of the EU mission,” EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told media. Georgia has called for expanding the mandate of the observer mission in the occupied territories and adding police functions. Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Moscow are against the …

Russia and Georgia have agreed to hold a new round of talks on January 28 next year, aimed at reducing tensions following their five-day war in August 2008. Representatives of the two sides met for the eight time in Geneva on Wednesday for what a European Union mediator described as …

Climate change, energy security and a new general cooperation agreement between the two blocs are among the topics that the Swedish Presidency should discuss with Russia at the upcoming Stockholm summit on 18 November. MEPs are concerned about the human rights situation in Russia (the EP recently awarded its Sakharov …