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22 January 2010 [16:37]
Iran's army chief has brushed aside recent warmongering remarks by US military commanders, describing them as crude and unsophisticated.
22 January 2010 [16:33]
Turkey's Constitutional Court overturned a law allowing the military to be put on trial in civilian courts.
22 January 2010 [16:22]
On Jan. 21, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree to remove Armen Smbatian from post of Armenian ambassador to Russia, Armenian Presidential Press service said.
22 January 2010 [16:04]
The Georgian government intends to send its monitors for the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine to be held on Feb. 17.
22 January 2010 [15:38]
Turkey's higher education authority has lifted a compulsory test for foreign students to receive higher education in universities in Turkey.
22 January 2010 [15:24]
22 January 2010 [15:16]
22 January 2010 [14:59]
The citizen of Georgia, Simon Shamanauri, who was injured in the Haiti earthquake, has his leg amputated.
22 January 2010 [14:39]
Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a bill requiring a full workday for university and health personnel.
22 January 2010 [14:26]
22 January 2010 [14:20]
EU, OSCE and the UN envoys will arrive in the occupied Tskhinvali region on Jan. 22.
22 January 2010 [14:17]
Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a bill requiring a full workday for university and health personnel.
22 January 2010 [13:57]
Iran has invited Islamic and Arab countries to collaborate on producing a film on the illegitimate occupation of Palestine.
22 January 2010 [13:40]
22 January 2010 [13:27]
The Government of Armenia approved an agreement between Germany and Armenia on financial cooperation during the meeting held on Jan. 21.
22 January 2010 [13:14]
Ukrainian group Privat became the proprietor of Georgian ski resort of Gudauri.
22 January 2010 [12:53]
22 January 2010 [12:35]
Iran will remove three zeros from its national currency, the rial, so it can recover value lost in recent years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
22 January 2010 [12:23]
On Jan. 21, Armenian Deputy Culture Minister David Muradyan was removed from his position.
22 January 2010 [12:17]
This year the government of Georgia doesn't plan to increase expenditures on military purposes.
22 January 2010 [12:15]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received EU representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby on Jan. 21.
22 January 2010 [12:07]
Iran has restricted individuals from taking out more than $15,000 in cash from banks per day as part of efforts to battle money-laundering.
22 January 2010 [11:44]
Prosecutors and investigators of the Hague international Tribunal will arrive in Georgia in early February to investigate circumstances of the beginning of war in South Ossetia in August 2008.
22 January 2010 [11:39]
Turkey's president ratified a law on free trade zones on Thursday.
22 January 2010 [11:35]
22 January 2010 [11:16]
Labour Party of Georgia calls upon the UN Security Council to hand over president Saakashvili to the Hague Tribunal for the scandal of Georgian observers in Ukraine.
22 January 2010 [11:08]
Cubukcu met with her Azerbaijani counterpart Misir Mardanov within the scope of her two-day visit to Azerbaijan.
22 January 2010 [11:00]
22 January 2010 [10:44]
22 January 2010 [10:25]
On Jan. 21, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
22 January 2010 [10:14]
22 January 2010 [09:53]
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says current regional and global developments are in "the interest of independent and justice-seeking countries."
22 January 2010 [09:48]
The statement said people also assist through internet or by making donations to banks.
21 January 2010 [21:11]
Sahin said Turkey and India could participate in joint energy projects.
21 January 2010 [20:37]
The 28th Fajr International Theater Festival will kick off in Tehran tomorrow, hosting renowned stage directors from around the globe.
21 January 2010 [19:53]
Turkish military accepted the existence of a plan, but denied it was a coup plot that included arrests of dozens of Journalists whose names emerged.
21 January 2010 [19:36]
Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi has stressed that Tehran will not accept any "change or modification" to the 1975 Algiers Accord.
21 January 2010 [19:00]
2010 would be the year of recovery for tourism sector, chairman of a leading tourism confederation said on Thursday.
21 January 2010 [18:57]
Within 90 days Tehran expects to finalize a long-term deal with Baku to import gas, the head of National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) says.
21 January 2010 [18:46]
On Jan. 19-21, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri paid a visit to Arab Republic of Egypt.
21 January 2010 [18:42]
International Human Rights Watch organization issued an annual world report on human rights in 90 countries.
21 January 2010 [18:33]
Iran said Thursday it would take part in a conference on Afghanistan in London providing its viewpoints are fully taken into consideration.
21 January 2010 [18:28]
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will arrive in Turkey on Friday, a formal statement said Thursday.
21 January 2010 [18:17]
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday the cornerstone of the democracy in Iran is Velayat-e-Faqih, the rule of the most senior religious authority in Shia Islam.
21 January 2010 [18:11]
21 January 2010 [18:00]
Azerbaijani Minister of Education Misir Mardanov met with his Turkish counterpart Mrs. Nimet Chubukchu.
21 January 2010 [17:52]
Armenia’s foreign debt will reach 36 per cent of GDP in 2009 compared to 13.2 per cent in 2008.
21 January 2010 [17:35]
Iran aims to export fuel reserves to its neighbors, riding on the success of the 400,000 tons of diesel sent to Iraq in the past nine months, officials said.
21 January 2010 [17:23]
Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirin, Mayor of Sevilla, the capital city of Andalucia conferred "Nodo entre Culturas" award to Turkish PM Erdogan for his "important role" in activating Alliance of Civilizations project.
21 January 2010 [17:16]
Another lethal case has been reported from Kutaisi, Georgia.
21 January 2010 [16:43]
Armenia will donate $100,000 for Haiti earthquake relief, Armenian Prime Minister said.
21 January 2010 [16:25]
The Islamic Republic of Iran's non-oil exports to neighboring countries increased 27 percent in the first 9 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started Mach 20, 2009), a Trade Promotion Organization said.
21 January 2010 [16:13]
The Constitutional Court's decision has hurt the process, Mercan said.
21 January 2010 [16:07]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed Georgia’s decision to reintroduce public broadcaster’s funding system linked to the country’s GDP.
21 January 2010 [15:45]
Turkey stated that it would "not allow" import of any genetically modified organisms which were not appropriate to EU standards.
21 January 2010 [15:31]
Russian trade representative in Armenia Alexander Zaytsev presented 2009 bilateral economic relations’ outcomes and prospects for 2010 on Jan. 21.
21 January 2010 [15:22]
Director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi says the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be operational within the next few months.
21 January 2010 [14:53]
Georgia's Vice speaker Rusudan Kervalishvili introduced new chairperson and members of CEC on behalf of parliament on Jan. 20.
21 January 2010 [14:38]
21 January 2010 [14:15]
The UN atomic watchdog says that a UN-brokered deal for nuclear swap between Iran and the West is "still on the table."
21 January 2010 [14:06]
In 2009, Armenia's budget deficit comprised 7.4 percent of GDP, 2009 report by the Armenian Ministry of Finance said.
21 January 2010 [13:33]
Turkish state-run TRT is the fourth biggest partner of the Euronews under an agreement signed in 2008.
21 January 2010 [13:28]
21 January 2010 [13:05]
Iran has entered into talks with Iraq for supplying its neighbor with natural gas, a senior Iranian gas official says.
21 January 2010 [12:44]
In its 2009 report the Armenian Ministry of Economy indicated programs providing for tendencies to economic growth.
21 January 2010 [12:06]
Pro-opposition Alliance for Georgia demands to bring to responsibility Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili and chairman of parliamentary Committee for Defense and SecurityGivi Targamadze.
21 January 2010 [11:56]
Kazakhstan expressed its wish to carry out joint maneuvers with Turkey.
21 January 2010 [11:49]
Pakistani Federal Minister for Petroleum Naveed Qamar has declared that Iran and Pakistan have finalized an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline.
21 January 2010 [11:07]
On Jan. 15, Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan signed a decree approving Armenian delegation members to PACE.
21 January 2010 [10:55]
Delegation of Egyptian businessmen intends to visit Georgia in March to get acquainted with the country's business potential and investment climate.
21 January 2010 [10:42]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says adopting regional approaches can ensure sustainable security and stability in the Caucasus region.
21 January 2010 [10:38]
A Turkish aid organisation will be looking after 700 orphans in destroyed Haiti by a strong earthquake.
21 January 2010 [10:22]
21 January 2010 [09:54]
Tbilisi apologized to Tehran for extraditing Iranian citizen to the U.S, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said.
21 January 2010 [09:45]
Turkey's health minister said Wednesday government had no plans to soften country's smoking ban.
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