August 20, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is to meet with representatives of Kosovo Serbs on Tuesday. Last week Nikolic met with representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo and urged them to participate in the local elections in the autumn. The assembly of Kosovo which is comprised of representatives of the Serbs in …
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Top Russian and US officials will meet in The Hague next week to discuss preparations for a long-delayed international peace conference on Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. “This meeting will take place in the middle of next week in The Hague,” Russia’s Deputy
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey said it did not recognize the decisions of the interim government in Egypt because “it is an authority resulted from a military coup.” There are “hundreds of people who
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
The meeting between Turkish president Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, was delayed. It is scheduled to take place on Thursday at the Turkish capital, Ankara.
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Ambassador in Cairo Huseyin Avni Botsali, who was recalled on Friday for consultation following Wednesday’s crackdown by the Egyptian army on anti-coup protesters in Cairo, will inform on Monday the meeting of Council of Ministers on Egypt.
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The Syrian army has recaptured rebel-held positions in Latakia, home province of President Bashar al-Assad, state-run SANA news agency reported Monday quoting a military source.
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
N inspectors arrived in the Syrian capital on Sunday, on a mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons, as Syria’s government vowed to fully cooperate with them. Syrian plainclothes security men whisked away the 20-member team, led by Swedish
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
24 long-term and 300 short-term OSCE observers will arrive in Georgia on September 16, Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze informed reporters. According to her, they will become acquainted
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Russia is preparing tighter customs controls with Ukraine in case Kiev makes the “suicidal” move of signing an association agreement with the European Union, an aide to President Vladimir Putin was
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Tunisia was to push ahead on Monday with talks to resolve a political crisis sparked by the assassination of an opposition politician last month, but with no signs of compromise. The ruling Islamist Ennahda party was to hold fresh talks with the powerful UGTT trade union to try and find …
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