Eurasia Press & News
Iran was invited to Geneva-2, after intensive talks between UN leader Ban Ki-moon and foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who agreed to attend the Syria peace talks.
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January, 2014
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20 January
Syrian National Coalition (SNC) suspends participation in Geneva II
Syria’s main opposition group in exile Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said on Monday that it suspends its participation in Geneva II conference due to UN’s invitation to Iran.
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20 January
EU could send troops into CAR
European Union foreign ministers are expected to approve sending troops to the Central African Republic (CAR) at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
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17 January
BEHIND THE BALKANS’ HISTORY: THE WEST’S SHADOW
After Croatia’s accession to the European Union in July 2013 and the “Enlargement Report” for 2014 of the European Commission – which recommended granting the EU candidate status to Albania and the Western Balkans’ countries including, for the fifth time in a row, the opening of accession negotiations with the …
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17 January
Armenian, Azerbaijan FMs to discuss Nagorno Karabakh in Paris
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart in Paris next week. The ministers, in presence of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs (ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russia, Jacques Faure of
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17 January
Bulgarian President visits Albania
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is on an official visit to Albania where he is to meet with Lulzim Basha, mayor of the capital city Tirana.
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17 January
Obama, British PM discuss Syria and region situation
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday in a call the White House described as “part of their ongoing consultations on shared security challenges and advancing the special
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17 January
EP adopts resolution on Kosovo
The European Parliament (EP) passed on Thursday a resolution on Kosovo welcoming the European Council decision to open SAA negotiations.
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17 January
US expressed concerns over democratic principles in Ukraine
The US expressed its concerns Thursday on a bill passed by the Ukrainian parliament – or Verkhovna Rada, as it is also known – that curtails freedoms of speech, assembly and association in the Eastern European nation which has
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17 January
Syrian gov’t agrees to participate peace conference
The Syrian government announced Thursday that it will attend the UN-sponsored Geneva conference for Syria peace planned next week, but voiced rejection to the declared agenda of the conference.
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