Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat on Sunday met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain, which will take over rotating presidency of the EU in January 2010. “I informed Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on recent developments regarding the Cyprus issue. Because Spain will take over the EU presidency, …

Turkey and Armenia are expected to sign an agreement on establishing diplomatic relations on October 10, unnamed Turkish official said. Ministers of foreign affairs of both countries will ink two protocols whose contents have been already agreed to. Turkey and Armenia last month announced that they have agreed on two …

EU Board for Slovenian parliament accepted accession conference with Croatia in order to open six and close five negotiation chapters. This was confirmed by a MP from the leading party of social democrats, after the closed board session in Ljubljana, adding that with the opening and the closure of the …

After a lengthy inquiry, investigators commissioned by the European Union are expected to conclude that Georgia triggered last year’s war with Russia by attacking separatists in South Ossetia, rejecting Tbilisi’s explanation that the attack was defensive, according to an official familiar with the commission’s work. But the official said the …

The World Congress of the Nations of Georgia, which was registered in Austria in 2009, opened its branch in Tbilisi. The branch was registered in accordance with Article 30 of the Georgian Civil Code and entered in the register on Sept. 24. Headquarters is located in Vienna, Austria. Russian branch …

Conclusion of the international commission on investigation of reasons the war in Georgia, led by Heidi Tagliavini, will be known on Sept. 30, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, David Jalaganiya, said at a traditional Monday briefing on Sept. 28. He said the text of the conclusion will be simultaneously submitted to …

After the talks completed between Azerbaijan and Romania on Sept. 28, the ceremony of signing documents took place, with the participation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Romanian counterpart Traian Besesku. The Joint Declaration on the establishment of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania was signed by the Presidents …

The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will confer high state orders and honorary sign of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Presidency press office informed. Parvanov will confer the Order of the Balkan Range, First Class on Professor Alexander Dzherov for his big contribution to the development of political and …

An international conference on climate change will be held in Sofia, set to start on September 28, and it will be inaugurated by Deputy Environment Minister, Ivelina Vassileva, the Bulgarian National Radio, the BNR has reported on September 28 2009. More than 30 countries have been invited and will participate …

European Union member states are expected to give a green light in December to visa-free travel for Serbia as it has made “relatively satisfying” progress, Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said Monday. “An expert mission will come to Belgrade in mid-October” to assess if Serbia met all the requirements and “if …