The Vatican has not recognized Kosovo out of consideration for the Serbian Orthodox Church, Cardinal Walter Casper was quoted as saying. “We, naturally, know that Kosovo is a heavy wound and pain for the SPC. We know that Kosovo is the cradle and center of Serb orthodoxy. We understand that …

Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan Tuesday signed a deal in Bucharest for gas transport through the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania-Interconnection project, known as Agri, which might be completed sooner than Nabucco, Romania’s Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Videanu, the Azeri minister of industry and energy, Natig Aliyev, …

Taking advantage of both being in Washington for the nuclear summit, the leaders of Armenia and Turkey have met to try and breath new life into efforts to improve ties. The get together between President Serzh Sarksyan and Turkey’s Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan follows months of little progress since …