Eurasia Press & News

Troika and Greek government have disagreements on payment of credit tranches of second rescue package which is 130 billion euro. The disagreements focus on reducing the number of civil servants, extending the payment period of tax

Turkish President Abdullah Gul is currently in Sweden on a formal trip addressed Swedish Parliament where he stated that chapters need to be opened for an effective EU negotiation process. Gul said in reply to Swedish MPs: “As you said earlier, there are rooted reforms are taking place in Turkey. We always …

Romanian Foreign Minister, Titus Corlatean, will make an official two-day visit to Turkey intended to increase the bilateral relations between the two countries. He will visit Ankara on March 13-14, after being invited by his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu. 

France and Britain plan to have a meeting as soon as possible with European Union members to convince them to lift the arms supplying embargo imposed on Syria. The two states are concerned that the two-year-old conflict is destabilizing the region and hope the threat of arming the rebels will …

The United Nations asked governments on Wednesday for support to increase the funds needed to help over one million refugees who have fled from Syria because of war. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres warned of the “enormous threat” that the conflict represents for the entire middle-east region. “I …

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will pay an official visit to Belgrade where she is set to meet Serbian top officials. She will discuss with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Romanian Delegate Minister for Foreign Investment, Dan Sova, said on Thursday during an Azerbaijani-Romanian business forum that Romania is ready and willing to create needed conditions for business development of Azerbaijani companies in the country. He stressed the importance of business fields like energy, agriculture or road construction. 

A Romanian delegation will visit Baku on March 14 to discuss the possibility to develop inter-parliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and Romania. The Romanian delegation of MPs is led by chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament Valeriu Zgonea and they will meet with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and their counterparts.

Skopje government wants to increase the good relations with Bulgarian caretaker government which is currently lead by Bulgaria’s former ambassador to France, Marin Raykov. An agreement on good neighborly relations with Bulgaria is being negotiated and expected to be signed soon.

The Bulgarian Parliament will hold its last session on Thursday, just one day after the Bulgarian President released a decree that dissolved it. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9:00 in the morning (local time) and the members of the Parliament are expected to make statements.