January 16, 2014 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A relief official says the Syrian government has allowed food supplies to enter two besieged areas under rebel control near the capital, Damascus.
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January 16, 2014 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that half of Syria’s population now “urgently need humanitarian aid”. He was speaking at a donor conference in Kuwait to raise funds for the worsening humanitarian crisis.
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January 16, 2014 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
The construction of the wire fence at the Bulgarian – Turkish border will begin on January 20, Minister of Defense Angel Naydenov announced.
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January 16, 2014 Albania, Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The European Union (EU) and Greece urged Albania on Wednesday to push ahead wide-ranging reforms ahead of the EU’s decision on whether to grant the Balkan state candidate status to the bloc. Launching the six-month presidency of the European Union by neighbouring Greece, the EU’s Ambassador Ettore Sequi said a …
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January 16, 2014 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Thursday a report from rapporteur Jelko Kacin on Serbia’s progress in EU integration. The non-binding resolution supports the start of Serbia’s EU membership talks, sees
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January 15, 2014 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, South East Asia
A senior US diplomat met India’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday in a bid to get bilateral relations back on track after the arrest and strip search of a female Indian diplomat and tit-for-tat evictions.
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January 15, 2014 Eurasia, Eurasia News
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that he is confident that Europe would back French efforts to end the unprecedented sectarian violence in the Central African Republic.
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January 15, 2014 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, South East Asia
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, who is on an official visit to China.
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January 15, 2014 Albania, Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Albanian Prime Minister of Edi Rama will visit Belgrade, most likely in February, as part of his regional tour, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić.
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January 15, 2014 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The first intergovernmental conference between Serbia and the EU, which will mark the formal start of the accession talks, will be held in Brussels on Jan. 21.
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