Armenian Foreign Ministry officials have blamed Turkey for failing to bring into effect protocols that were signed a year ago, as the Turkish-Armenian border is still closed and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue remains a source
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Seminar for Atlantic associations of South Caucasian states to be hold in Tbilisi
The Atlantic Council of Georgia is going to hold with the support of Atlantic Committee of Norway the seminar named “Transatlantic values – how they reflect on the model of governance in South Caucasian states?” from October 11 to October 12. Atlantic associations of Azerbaijan and Armenia
Read More »EP President Jerzy Buzek visit Cyprus
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek is on a visit to Cyprus (Oct. 10-12) to push for more efforts towards lasting peace on the island. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle is also expected to pay a visit to the island on Oct. 14. Buzek is set to meet with Greek Cyprus …
Read More »Armenian parliamentary delegation to visit Greece and Cyprus
Armenian parliamentary delegation headed by National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will leave on an official visit for Greece October 11. Meetings with the President and parliamentary speaker of Greece, OSCE
Read More »Kosovo political parties agree on early elections
Kosovo political parties agreed on Friday (October 8th) that early elections should be called in the wake of President Fatmir Sejdiu’s resignation last month. “All parties agreed that early elections are necessary due to the
Read More »EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urges BiH to overcome differences
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele stressed on Friday (October 8th) that BiH should overcome its differences to join the EU one day. “The future of BiH cannot be built based on differences — this is one of
Read More »Karadzic trial could be delayed
Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) President Patrick Robinson presented the 17th annual report on the tribunal’s work to the UN General Assembly on Friday (October 8th). Robinson said all trials at the tribunal should be completed in 2012, with the exception of the trial of Radovan Karadzic. The former Bosnian
Read More »US reiterates importance of detaining Mladic
The arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic “remains a very high priority” for the US, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian affairs Philip Gordon said on Friday (October 8th). He said US authorities
Read More »Cyprus cancels annual military manoeuvres amid reunification talks
Cypriot Defence Minister Costas Papacostas announced on Saturday (October 9th) that the country will cancel its annual military manoeuvres in order to facilitate ongoing talks on reunifying the divided island. This is the third year in a row that Cyprus has cancelled the exercises since talks to reunify the Greek …
Read More »China won’t change stand on Kosovo
The Chinese government has not changed its stand regarding Kosovo and continues to respect Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is according to Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Wei Jinghua has stated. On Thursday, the Chinese ambassador said that
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