Fri, May 25 2012
IN ISTANBUL: Greek prime minister George Papandreou, right, who has also taken on his old foreign ministry portfolio, with Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 9.
IN ZURICH: Armenia’s foreign minister Edouard Nalbandian, left, and Turkey’s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu after the October 10 signing of a deal on restoring bilateral relations.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has chosen the Armenian city of Yerevan as the 2012 World Book Capital as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to promote books and reading.
The Turkish government condemned the Swedish parliament's resolution, saying it was flawed and groundless
Turkey, which rejects the genocide label, has recalled its ambassador from Washington for consultations.
Individuals, organisations and public authorities asked for input on personal data protection issues related to EU-US law enforcement data sharing agreement.
In Berlin, German chancellor Angela Merkel reiterates support for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s fight against corruption, and agreed that Bulgaria should be assessed on its own merits instead of being compared to neighbouring EU states.
Bilateral agreements, on infrastructural and economic co-operation, on technical and financial co-operation, and two on social security, signed during Turkish president Abdullah Gul’s visit to Belgrade.
A settlement on Cyrpus must precede Turkey advancing in its EU hopes, says Greek prime minister George Papandreou, urging Ankara to withdraw its troops from the divided island.
Governments in Prague and Bucharest could soon join Sofia in instituting temporary moratoriums on shale gas exploration.
Coalition around ruling Democratic Party has largest share of vote in Serbia's parliamentary election, according to exit polls.
Centre-right New Democracy is said by exit polls to have largest share of votes, but diminished even from its 2009 defeat, while socialists Pasok – the 2009 victors – gets somewhere around 14 to 17 per cent.
An agreement reached with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will allow voters with dual citizenship in Kosovo to vote in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia.
Twenty radical Muslims suspected of being members of a terrorist group that has been linked to the murder of five fishermen in early April.
A big smile before a big VETO in december...
On vera....
We shall see...
None of them are convinced of the outcome specially Nalbandian.