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10 February 2010 [17:00]
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) plans to begin drilling in phase 11 of Iran's South Pars gas project in March to evaluate reserves, an official says.
10 February 2010 [16:55]
10 February 2010 [16:33]
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Armen Harutyunyan is not preparing to take over the post of General Prosecutor in Armenia.
10 February 2010 [16:25]
Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the letter sent by Serzh Sargsian to his Turkish counterpart Gul was a routine message sent by leaders while flying over Turkish territory.
10 February 2010 [16:12]
Advisers to Iran's Opposition Leader Mir Hussein Mousavi, Alireza Behisti and Mohammadreza Tajik, were released.
10 February 2010 [15:47]
Georgia has become a vice president of the education bureau of UNESCO.
10 February 2010 [15:26]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Turkey has been conducting silent diplomacy for a couple of weeks to ease tension due to Iran's stepping up uranium enrichment.
10 February 2010 [15:14]
A senior Iranian oil official says Iran is ready to provide Switzerland with about one million cubic meters of natural gas per day.
10 February 2010 [14:45]
10 February 2010 [14:34]
At a plenary sitting on Tuesday, after long discussions, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Constitution in the second reading.
10 February 2010 [14:27]
Turkish energy minister said that Germany would become one of the most important partners of Turkey in the area of energy.
10 February 2010 [14:06]
Iran has already started producing 120 - millimeter and 130-millimeter cannon and tank shells.
10 February 2010 [13:53]
In the second half of March, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a return visit to Syria.
10 February 2010 [13:44]
The Parliament of Georgia strongly criticized France's selling Mistral, the helicopter carrier ship, to Russia.
10 February 2010 [13:38]
The Turkish head of ISAF's regional command in Kabul met Tuesday with a group of media members at the Kabul headquarters.
10 February 2010 [13:11]
US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has announced that the international community is willing to help Iran procure medical radioisotopes from foreign countries.
10 February 2010 [12:53]
Share of Armenian companies has decreased by 38 percent in IT sphere.
10 February 2010 [12:42]
Four people were killed and another person was missing in Turkey after floods and severe storms swept through its Mediterranean coastal region.
10 February 2010 [12:23]
Georgian journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze, head of the studio ‘Reporter’, asks the Swiss government for a political asylum.
10 February 2010 [12:12]
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Ali-Akbar Salehi says the door to talks on a nuclear swap deal with the West is still open.
10 February 2010 [12:05]
Turkish foreign minister said that Armenia holds back on Ankara-Yerevan protocols.
10 February 2010 [11:24]
10 February 2010 [11:18]
Chairperson of Defence and Security committee of parliament of Georgia Givi Targamadze may encounter problems in parliament.
10 February 2010 [11:06]
Brazil has warned against imposing a new round of UN sanctions on Iran, saying that the dispute over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through peaceful means.
10 February 2010 [10:55]
Muammer Yıldız, Istanbul’s provincial director of education, said 10,000 more classrooms are needed in the city in order to attain international education standards.
10 February 2010 [10:13]
Armenian delegation headed by Deputy FM Arman Kirakosyan arrived in Syria on Feb. 9.
10 February 2010 [10:07]
Georgian former PM Zurab Nogaideli’s Movement for Fair Georgia and Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow on Feb. 9.
10 February 2010 [09:48]
10 February 2010 [09:34]
09 February 2010 [20:12]
The Turkish energy minister announced on Tuesday that Turkish and Russian working groups continued their talks on establishment of a nuclear power plant in Turkey.
09 February 2010 [19:56]
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is paying an unscheduled visit to Tehran late on Tuesday to hold talks with Iranian authorities regarding escalating crisis on Iran’s nuclear programme.
09 February 2010 [19:35]
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) will sign a visa simplification agreement with Italy, a statement said on Tuesday.
09 February 2010 [19:13]
The Islamic Republic of Iran is moving forward with its own pace, Iran's Ambassador to India Syed Mehdi Nabizadeh said on Tuesday.
09 February 2010 [19:04]
One person was reported dead and another missing in floods that hit a province in Turkey's Mediterranean region on Monday.
09 February 2010 [19:00]
Turkish Foreign Minister says that Armenia does not display good intentions towards realization of the Ankara-Yerevan protocols.
09 February 2010 [18:58]
09 February 2010 [18:49]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has expressed confidence that Israel will be unable to achieve its goals in the Gaza Strip.
09 February 2010 [18:37]
09 February 2010 [18:23]
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09 February 2010 [17:54]
In 2010, 500 million AMD was allocated to overhaul multi-storied buildings that have been defined as being at level three in terms of being an earthquake hazard.
09 February 2010 [17:42]
Parliamentary commission studying reasons of Zviad Gamsakhurdia’s death is ready to go to ex-preisdent Edaurd Shevardnadze’s house.
09 February 2010 [17:14]
British Ambassador to Tehran Simon Gass in a letter to a senior parliamentarian called on Iran not to downgrade its relations with Britain.
09 February 2010 [17:05]
Indian President Pratibha Patil formally welcomed Turkish President Abdullah Gul in New Delhi on Tuesday.
09 February 2010 [16:55]
A fresh Armenian “genocide” resolution to be taken up by a U.S. congressional panel early next month could once again put Turkey’s relationship with the United States into jeopardy.
09 February 2010 [16:23]
09 February 2010 [16:19]
Last year Armenia’s foreign trade turnover reduced by 27 percent as compared with the same period in 2008, making $4.2bn.
09 February 2010 [15:53]
Georgia's healthcare minister has warned doctors.
09 February 2010 [15:22]
Turkish State Minister Nafiz Ozak visited Germany's biggest skiing center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, as part of his official visit to Germany.
09 February 2010 [15:13]
Pakistani National Assembly Speaker Fahmida Mirza has returned to Islamabad after a six-day visit to Iran.
09 February 2010 [14:57]
09 February 2010 [14:46]
This morning delegation of the Georgian Parliament, headed by the Speaker, headed for Turkey with an official visit.
09 February 2010 [14:34]
09 February 2010 [14:21]
Iran is to create a "national energy fund" to meet the need for capital for oil and gas projects, the Iranian Oil Minister says.
09 February 2010 [14:15]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has sent a formal letter to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gül.
09 February 2010 [13:58]
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili believes that in many aspects Georgia overtook and surpassed Ukraine.
09 February 2010 [13:52]
Turkey has made significant contributions to the Council of Europe and is now playing an increasingly crucial role on the international stage, according to the body’s secretary-general.
09 February 2010 [13:48]
Iran kicked off Tuesday the 20% of uranium enrichment process at its Natanz nuclear site in Isfahan province, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali-Akbar Salehi said.
09 February 2010 [13:31]
On Feb. 9, at 9:30 a.m. Yerevan time Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan left for London.
09 February 2010 [13:20]
Agreement on cooperation between Movement for Fair Georgia and Russian ruling party ‘Edinaia Rosssia’ will be signed today on Feb. 9.
09 February 2010 [13:12]
09 February 2010 [13:04]
Pakistani National Assembly Speaker Fahmida Mirza has returned to Islamabad after a six-day visit to Iran.
09 February 2010 [12:33]
Food security concept will be developed in Armenia in the frames of national security strategy.
09 February 2010 [12:13]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul separately received the executives of two Indian companies in New Delhi on Monday.
09 February 2010 [12:05]
09 February 2010 [11:23]
09 February 2010 [11:16]
The Arbitrage of Paris has not yet voiced the sentence over the case of First Caucasian channel's being disconnected by Eutelsat [French operator].
09 February 2010 [11:07]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul was decorated with honorary doctorate by Amity University in New Delhi, India on Monday.
09 February 2010 [10:56]
A Parliament Member said here Monday Iran produced its 3% enriched uranium without acquiring others’ permit and is needless of other countries, or IAEA permit for 20% enrichment.
09 February 2010 [10:24]
09 February 2010 [10:15]
David Bakradze, speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, congratulated Ukrainian people on successful presidential run-off, which, in his view, were held past Sunday in a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
09 February 2010 [10:08]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with Indian opinion leaders over a working meal in New Delhi on Monday.
09 February 2010 [09:43]
08 February 2010 [22:09]
Turkish economy minister said Monday the country's economic recovery continued with a stronger pace after fallout from a global recession.
08 February 2010 [21:56]
A training program for Iraqi election officers has begun in Istanbul on Monday.