January 11, 2011 Eurasia News, Turkey
A recent public opinion poll shows that 43% of Turkish citizens surveyed view the United States as the biggest threat the country. Israel was viewed by 23.7% as the biggest threat, while traditional ‘enemy’ Greece was viewed as the biggest threat by only 2.3% (Iran 3%, Iraq 2.1%, Russia 1.7%). …
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Cyprus on the second leg of her two-day Mediterranean tour. After meeting with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Merkel said it was up to Turkey to put more effort
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia’s Government Office for European Integration head Milica Delević says the office had received almost all of the answers to the European Commission questionnaire. She added that the work was
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria said Tuesday it is continuing with preparations to join the European Union’s passport-free Schengen zone. ‘Bulgaria will be technically in a position to become part of the
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Marking the 19th anniversary of the autonomy of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, entity President Milorad Dodik took the opportunity to warn on national television that Bosnian Serbs would not allow any further decentralization, which is necessary for EU integration. He described Bosnia-Herzegovina as a ‘divided society’ that ‘is in …
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić spoke with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor about the case of Tihomir Purda. Tadić underlined during the discussion that “this and similar cases needed to be considered by the appropriate ministries and prosecutions in both
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj is set to visit Azerbaijan on Jan.12-13. During the visit, he will meet with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Economic
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Hungary’s foreign minister says his country will do everything possible to facilitate Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen entry during its EU presidency. “We have a priority and that is Bulgaria and Romania’s
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Cypriot Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou said Sunday (January 9th) that Nicosia would never agree to Turkey’s EU accession before the Cypriot issue is resolved. “We not only do not
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January 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Greece cannot deal with the influx of illegal migrants entering the country through the border with Turkey on its own, the European border security agency FRONTEX said in a report
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