Macedonia, Croatia to step up economic co-operation 25/10/2006 SKOPJE, Macedonia — President Branko Crvenkovski and his visiting Croatian counterpart, Stipe Mesic, vowed Tuesday (October 24th) to step up bilateral economic co-operation. The two heads of state signed a joint statement defining the basic principles of co-operation and pledging to contribute …

Appointing a new army chief of staff last month, Romanian President Traian Basescu pledged to keep the military far from politics. “Not for a single moment will I tolerate any political involvement by the army,” he said during the ceremony to invest Rear Admiral Gheorghe Marin as the new chief …

Press freedom has improved in many parts of Southeast Europe (SEE) over the last 12 months, according to a new survey released on Tuesday (October 24th). However, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the only country in the region ranking among the top 20 nations in the world on this issue.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here on Tuesday that the Islamic Ummah (nation) is in desperate need of unity and solidarity.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The UN Security Council will likely discuss sanctions against Iran for its controversial nuclear program for several weeks before voting on them, the US State Department said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian border guards have deported 75 Pakistanis captured in Iran for allegedly trying to enter neighboring Turkey without travel documents, an official said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Germany, France and Britain were discussing sanctions against Iran for continuing its program to enrich uranium following their short and abrupt efforts to settle the dispute through diplomatic means.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said although Iranian Parliament had decided to fingerprint US citizens as a tit-for-tat policy, he has ordered MPs to exclude the bill from their working agenda because Iranian nation is not an enemy of any world nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Palestinian ambassador to Tehran, noting the likely imposition of UNSC sanctions against Iran, stressed that Iran has a solution to every kind of problem.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker, in a meeting with the director of Egypt’s interest section in Iran here on Monday, stressed that Tehran-Cairo cooperation serves the interests of the two nations, region and Muslim world.