Eurasia Press & News
Turkey has spent $2.5 billion for Syrian refugees while the total of international support for the Turkish government stands at $175 million, Development Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said Wednesday in his remarks at a donor’s summit
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January, 2014
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16 January
Kerry to Geneva II conference on Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Montreux and Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 25 to attend two high-level meetings.
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16 January
Turkey to reshuffle judiciary system after graft probe row
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) reassigned the Chief Prosecutor of Istanbul, Turhan Çolakkadı, from his office to a passive position on Jan. 16, as a part of a reshuffle move involving some 20 prosecutors
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16 January
Pakistan Foreign Office rejects Indian’s Army Chief statement
Pakistani Foreign Office on Thursday rejected a statement issued by Indian army chief General Bikram Singh and declared it as unfortunate and provocative, said an official press release. The Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam in a weekly media briefing in Islamabad said that such remarks could lead to deterioration of …
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16 January
Syrian gov’t allows aid in two rebel areas
A relief official says the Syrian government has allowed food supplies to enter two besieged areas under rebel control near the capital, Damascus.
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16 January
Ban Ki-moon says half of Syrians need aid urgently
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that half of Syria’s population now “urgently need humanitarian aid”. He was speaking at a donor conference in Kuwait to raise funds for the worsening humanitarian crisis.
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16 January
Bulgaria to start fence on Turkish border
The construction of the wire fence at the Bulgarian – Turkish border will begin on January 20, Minister of Defense Angel Naydenov announced.
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16 January
EU calls on Albania to make more efforts for candidate status
The European Union (EU) and Greece urged Albania on Wednesday to push ahead wide-ranging reforms ahead of the EU’s decision on whether to grant the Balkan state candidate status to the bloc. Launching the six-month presidency of the European Union by neighbouring Greece, the EU’s Ambassador Ettore Sequi said a …
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16 January
EP votes resolution on Serbia
The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Thursday a report from rapporteur Jelko Kacin on Serbia’s progress in EU integration. The non-binding resolution supports the start of Serbia’s EU membership talks, sees
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15 January
US diplomat, Indian ambassador discuss bilateral ties
A senior US diplomat met India’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday in a bid to get bilateral relations back on track after the arrest and strip search of a female Indian diplomat and tit-for-tat evictions.
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