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An International conference on local self-government is to take place in Pristina. This conference aims to present the local self-government reform and Kosovo’s decentralization process as well as share experiences and good practices from the countries in the region. Ministers from Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovenia and Turkey …

UN envoy Alexander Downer said on Tuesday (May 4th) that talks to reunify the divided island will resume in the last week of May. Downer made the announcement after a meeting with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias in Nicosia. That followed Monday’s meeting between Downer and newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis …

Progress made in talks to reunify the divided island will not be lost, UN envoy Alexander Downer said on Monday (May 3rd) after his first meeting with newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. According to Downer, Eroglu, who won the April 18th elections in the north, promised to continue …

The fact that Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country should not be an obstacle to EU membership, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said in an interview with DPA on Friday (April 30th). “The EU is not a religious project, it is based on values, and if Turkey makes it clear …

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias expressed disappointment on Thursday at the first signals sent by the newly-elected leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Dervis Eroglu, stressing that he still wants a peaceful solution to the Cyprus issue as soon as possible.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu, Gordan Jandroković and Sven Alkalaj agreed that the relations between these three countries are of strategic importance for the improvement of the general situation in southeastern Europe.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday that Turkey attached a great importance to stability, prosperity and territorial integrity of Georgia and a powerful Georgia would contribute to stability of Caucasus. Davutoglu and his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze had a meeting in capital Ankara and held a joint press …

The EU on Monday urged Armenia and Turkey to continue the process of normalising their ties. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed her concern about the pace of the process and reiterated calls to continue dialogue without preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe.

Dervis Eroglu, who was elected president of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, took an oath at the parliament on Friday. The ceremony was attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. In interview to the agency, Eroglu said that Northern Cyprus will not be neglected in the Cyprus issue …

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Taiyyp Erdogan, accompanied by a delegation of 10 ministers, will be on an official visit to Athens on day 14-15. The news about the upcoming visit broke from Greek First Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu who made a joint statement …