Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with the visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani here on Tuesday.

The European Commission (EC) recommended on Wednesday (November 29th) a partial suspension of Turkey’s EU membership talks, over the country’s refusal to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from Cyprus.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted Firouz Abad in Iran’s central province of Fars Wednesday morning.

Wrapping up a two-day summit in Riga, leaders of the 26 NATO countries invited Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Serbia to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme — a key step towards membership in the Alliance.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to convey a five-page message to the American nation on Wednesday.

Nine foreign and four domestic telecom companies have expressed interest in becoming Macedonia’s third mobile operator. The tender was announced late last month, and bids will be accepted through January 12th. By July 2007, the company is expected to be up and running.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Senior Iranian and Iraqi officials signed two cooperation agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) at the end of the two-day visit to Tehran by President Jalal Talabani.

Pope Benedict XVI, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I meet in Istanbul 30/11/2006 ISTANBUL, Turkey — The process of dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches was the focus of a closed-door meeting between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Istanbul on Wednesday (November 29th). They also …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A new US Congressional Research Service (CRS) report has suggested that India’s long relationship with Iran and its support for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) positions are obstacles to India’s taking a hard line on Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Tuesday ruled out the possibility of sabotage in the Antonov-74 which crashed on Monday.