“There is nothing dramatic – there is enhanced migration flow, there are risks for realisation of such a wave of immigrants,” said Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, speaking at parliament during the brief parliamentary control sitting held on the first day of the work of the Bulgarian National Assembly after …
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Russia could agree Syrian intervention if proven that the Syrian government used chemical weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned America and its allies against taking one-sided action in Syria. He said any military strikes without UN approval would be “an aggression”. US President Barack Obama has called for punitive action in
Read More »Kerry and Hagel present arguments for Syrian action to Senate
The Obama administration’s longtime sceptics of a Syria strike have reversed their position, defense secretary Chuck Hagel testified to the Senate on Tuesday. Hagel, a former senator and a Vietnam combat veteran, put aside his previous hesitations about another entanglement in the Middle East and told the Senate foreign relations …
Read More »Thousands of Islamists protest on Egyptian streets
Thousands of supporters of overthrown Islamist president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets in towns and cities across Egypt on Tuesday evening to denounce Egypt’s new military-backed rulers – their second show of mass
Read More »No agreement between Croatia and Montenegro on Prevlaka peninsula
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said on Tuesday that no agreement had yet been reached on the strategic Prevlaka peninsula, which both countries have claimed since the dissolution of Yugoslavia. After a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Filip Vujanovic, Josipovic said that the two governments were still actively trying to resolve the …
Read More »Serbia and Bosnia will sign mutual extradition agreement
Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina will on Thursday sign an agreement on mutual extradition of citizens charged and convicted for criminal acts of organized crime. The agreement will include corruption and money laundering charges, the
Read More »European leaders to meet and discuss Syria
French President Francois Hollande says European leaders will meet in the coming days, on the sidelines of the G20 summit to be held Thursday and Friday in St. Petersburg, to discuss Syria. Hollande did not rule out a vote on
Read More »Syrian forces seized the strategic northern town of Ariha
Syrian forces seized the strategic northern town of Ariha on Tuesday, an opposition group said, in a move that would open the supply line between the coastal stronghold and pockets of army control in a region that is largely rebel controlled.
Read More »Indian High Commissioner meets Pakistani official to discuss Line of Control situation
The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, T.C.A. Raghavan met with Adviser to Pakistani Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz at the Foreign Office on Tuesday to discuss situation at the Line of Control (Loc) and other matters of mutual interest.
Read More »Bulgaria says it hosts 1,400 refugees from Syria
“Up to present the number of the refugees from Syria runs to 1,400,” said Bulgarian Minister of Interior Affairs Tsvetlin Yovchev said at a briefing. Minister Yovchev is head of the National
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