French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday addressed Turkey’s bid to join the EU by saying that the organization “must first unite the European family”. “Removing reservations” toward Turkey’s European perspective would not make Europe’s tasks easier in the current crisis, he was quoted as saying.
Read More »Romanian President says EU must send positive signals to Turkey
Romanian President Traian Basescu has said the EU needs to send positive signals to Turkey, stressing that the EU candidate country brings an important contribution to the EU’s wider neighborhood, including the Middle East and North Africa. “Turkey brings an important contribution and is an important actor in the union’s …
Read More »Azerbaijani FM meets OSCE officials
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vilnius held bilateral meetings with the British and Georgian foreign ministers. The meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the current state
Read More »Bulgaria-Turkey gas pipe could start within a year
Construction on the Bulgaria-Turkey gas interconnection could start as early as next year, Bulgarian Minister for Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov has said. Minister Traikov was speaking after an energy conference in Sofia today.
Read More »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visits Greece to discuss Cyprus
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel on Sunday to Athens, where he will deliver symbolically important support to Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. He will also meet with President Karolos Papoulias and the leaders of the two largest Greek political parties. Biden is expected to discuss Cyprus and …
Read More »Turkey offered to open ports for Cyprus
Turkey offered to bow to EU demands and open its ports, airports and airspace to Greek Cyprus under what it called a “Taiwanese-style” diplomatic arrangement to help drive Cyprus reunification talks resuming on Monday under UN pressure for a breakthrough.
Read More »Turkey says it can be EU’s growth engine
Turkey offers the EU more than just security, says the president on the eve of his UK visit and the EU minister adds: ‘Today’s Turkey is much better than yesterday’s.’ Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Turkey could offer the EU more than security assistance with its growing energy resources, population
Read More »Turkey completes Baku-Tbilisi-Kars tunnel
Turkey has completed construction of a tunnel to Georgian border within Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project. At present, the operations are underway to complete the project on the Turkish territory.
Read More »Bulgaria agree to build gas pipeline with Turkey
Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political agreement to build a cross-border gas pipeline, thus declaring the strategic importance of this project to both states, Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on November 19 2011. The move was agreed at a meeting of Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Traicho Traikov
Read More »Turkey opens culture center in Constanta (Romania)
Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay on Monday inaugurated a culture center in Constanta, Romania. “The Yunus Emre Culture Center in Constanta is the 17th of such centers the Yunus Emre Institute has opened in the world, and I believe that number will go up as high as 25 …
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