September 2, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Thousands of Tunisians have marched through their capital, calling for the government to resign as the nation’s political crisis deepens. Saturday’s march was the culmination of a week of protests organised by a coalition of
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September 2, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Egyptian prosecutors referred Sunday ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other people to a criminal court over the killing of a journalist and the violence that erupted over his controversial presidential declaration last year. The prosecutor general, Hesham Barakat, accused Morsi
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September 2, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Deputy prime minister Vucic said on Saturday that politicians in both Belgrade and Zagreb have “the obligation to make violence impossible”. “I’m convinced that our countries will never again confront each other,” Vucic said.
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September 2, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bulent Arinc has said that Syria should be punished. Bulent Arinc announced that the Syria issue would be discussed in details at today’s meeting of the Turkish government.
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September 2, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which Serbia signed with the EU five years ago, became active on Sunday as Belgrade made another step towards membership of the European club.
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September 2, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
On Sunday, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić offered Tanja Miščević the post of Serbia’s lead negotiator in EU membership talks, which she accepted. Vučić conferred with Miščević in the Serbian government building, after
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August 30, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Friday issued a notice to the government to comment on a petition, seeking a ban on President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country, court officials said. President Zardari’s tenure will complete on September 8.
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August 30, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the U.S. statement on a “limited” military action against Syria will not be enough to satisfy Ankara, pleading for an intervention similar to the one in Kosovo in 1999.
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August 30, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić called on Priština on Thursday to respect the agreements reached so far and asked the UN to stay in Kosovo and Metohija. The UN is an “honest broker and a guarantor that the other side will not undermine the
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August 30, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday intelligence gathered by Ankara left no doubt that the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a poison gas attack near Damascus last week.
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