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15 January 2010 [17:14]
Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, initiates the summoning of international tribunal over crimes of Communism.
15 January 2010 [16:55]
A spokesman with the U.S. State Department has said Washington attached importance to Turkey's role in issues related to Middle East.
15 January 2010 [16:44]
Chairman of the Red Crescent Society of Iran Masoud Khatami reported that the society will send its aids for victims of earthquakes in Haiti, the Iranian television channels official website reported.
15 January 2010 [16:33]
Turkish Board of Statistics said Friday unemployment rose by 1.8 percent over the same period in 2008.
15 January 2010 [16:15]
Iran police will observe text messages and emails that encourage protests and rioters, Tehran police chief said.
15 January 2010 [15:58]
Micheline Calmy-Rey, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, will pay a visit to Georgia on Jan. 15.
15 January 2010 [15:44]
Turkey forecasts 17.3 billion USD of public investments in 2010.
15 January 2010 [15:35]
Saudi Arabia has denied being involved in a military offensive against Houthi fighters in Northern Yemen after Iran's president slammed the country over the issue.
15 January 2010 [15:19]
Soldier from Abkhazia turned to the government of Georgia asking to grant him asylum.
15 January 2010 [14:53]
Huawei plans to inaugurate the research & development center on January 21 in Umraniye district in Istanbul.
15 January 2010 [14:36]
Participants of international conference in Batumi, devoted to development of Southern energy corridor, adopted a joint statement.
15 January 2010 [14:16]
15 January 2010 [13:52]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met Thursday in Zagreb with his counterparts from Croatia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina in an effort to overcome the latter’s political stalemate.
15 January 2010 [13:37]
Iran Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced that Iraq, China and UAE have been top three markets for Iranian products during the first 9 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2009).
15 January 2010 [13:17]
15 January 2010 [12:56]
Turkey's Chief Negotiator for EU Talks Egemen Bagis and Energy Minister Taner Yildiz departed from Istanbul for Spain on Thursday.
15 January 2010 [12:44]
John McCain, ex-presidential candidate of the USA, who recently visited Georgia, admires both the country and its leader.
15 January 2010 [12:33]
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says the dispute between Tehran and Baghdad over the Fakkeh oil well will soon be settled.
15 January 2010 [12:27]
Turkey will send mobile hospital and humanitarian aid to Haiti, the Prime Ministry said on Friday.
15 January 2010 [11:35]
15 January 2010 [11:15]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the Islamic Republic and Libya have common views on regional issues.
15 January 2010 [11:08]
Unprecedented security measures are underway in Georgian schools due to deterioration of crime situation.
15 January 2010 [10:53]
An eight member delegation from the Chinese Beijing Police Department has arrived in western province of Izmir on Thursday.
15 January 2010 [10:37]
On Jan. 18, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a visit to Russia upon invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
15 January 2010 [10:25]
Iran's judiciary says it has forwarded the cases of sixteen individuals indicted in connection with the Ashura riot in Tehran to the Revolution Court.
15 January 2010 [10:18]
Energy conference in Batumi attended by senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU has ended.
15 January 2010 [09:45]
Turkish economy minister says he will not participate in this year's Davos Economic Forum.
15 January 2010 [08:55]
Turkish dignitaries expressed their sorrow and condolences to their Haitian counterparts after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12.
15 January 2010 [08:37]
Georgia for the first time intends to officially announce new routes of transportation of Caspian gas to Europe, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri told reporters in Batumi on Jan. 14.
14 January 2010 [18:43]
Georgia will send a group of 10 rescuers to Haiti, the country, which suffered after devastating earthquake, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said.
14 January 2010 [18:19]
Turkish, Bosnian and Croatian foreign ministers gathered in Zagreb for a consultation meeting Thursday in capital Zagreb.
14 January 2010 [18:06]
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official says there is a hidden agenda behind the recent destabilizing measures on Iran's eastern borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
14 January 2010 [17:57]
The Turkish foreign minister said on Wednesday that Israel's letter of apology was in line with Turkey's requests.
14 January 2010 [17:31]
14 January 2010 [17:13]
The Pentagon's top intelligence official says there is no evidence that Iran is planning to build nuclear weapons.
14 January 2010 [17:00]
14 January 2010 [16:57]
The Turkish Red Crescent, or Kızılay, is on its way to quake devastated Haili where 52 Turkish policemen have survived a 7.0 earthquake.
14 January 2010 [16:43]
Georgia has sent new cooperation plan for 2010 to the NATO headquarters.
14 January 2010 [16:39]
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mahammad Bagir Bahrami has triped to country's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, spokesman for the embassy Abbas Isgandari said
14 January 2010 [16:28]
Executives of the two countries said they would sign a final declaration on establishment of nuclear power plant in Turkey if they reached a compromise.
14 January 2010 [16:24]
NATO will approve 2010 Action Plan for Georgia for in late January, Georgia's European Integration Minister Giorgi Baramidze told journalists.
14 January 2010 [16:11]
The Islamic Republic of Iran has invested $20 billion in its oil and gas industries, oil deputy minister Hossein Noghrekar Shirazi said.
14 January 2010 [16:00]
Turkey and Russia have agreed to revive joint pipeline projects, Russian PM Putin said on Wednesday.
14 January 2010 [15:54]
On Jan. 14, Georgian monitors headed for Ukraine to monitor country's presidential elections.
14 January 2010 [15:42]
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stands as the most successful minister and the general population feels Turkey’s foreign policy is successful as well, according to a recent survey on the subject.
14 January 2010 [15:33]
According to the foreign clergy relations department of Moscow’s Patriarchate, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russians’ visit to Armenia is planned for mid-March.
14 January 2010 [15:28]
The Islamic Republic of Iran sets up to diversify its presence in the international gas market and expand gas interaction with neighboring countries, Director General of Iran's National Gas Export Company said.
14 January 2010 [15:10]
According to the official data of the National Centre for Disease Control, 20 have died of swine flu in Georgia so far.
14 January 2010 [14:40]
Medvedev and Putin said that both sides should start working to end visa procedures, Erdogan noted.
14 January 2010 [14:35]
14 January 2010 [14:08]
Private clinics and hospitals in Georgia are trying to break into the lucrative international medical tourism market by offering inexpensive procedures and taking advantage of lenient legislation.
14 January 2010 [13:38]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Armenia on an official visit.
14 January 2010 [13:30]
Iran and Russia should use their national currencies in settling accounts for bilateral projects, an Iranian oil official suggests during talks.
14 January 2010 [13:24]
According to Levan Tarkhnishvili, head of delegation of Georgian monitors, the decision of Ukrainian CEC not to register Georgian monitors for presidential elections is illegal.
14 January 2010 [13:17]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) will have additional 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas available in 2011, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said.
14 January 2010 [12:54]
14 January 2010 [12:47]
14 January 2010 [12:14]
Russia said it has won Turkish support for all its major oil, gas and nuclear projects.
14 January 2010 [12:06]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says implementation of the "targeted subsidy system" will eradicate unemployment and poverty within three years in Iran.
14 January 2010 [11:39]
Cubukcu said that Turkey was ready to extend any help and provide educational material if needed.
14 January 2010 [11:30]
According to the press service of the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine, Kyiv Court obliged the Commission to consider registration of over 2,000 Georgian monitors for presidential elections in Ukraine.
14 January 2010 [10:46]
Iran slams Norway for reprinting blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in the country's Aftenposten newspaper.
14 January 2010 [10:23]
The Turkish prime minister said that there were many projects Turkey and Russia could fulfill.
14 January 2010 [10:07]
As of Jan. 13, the number swine flu cases in Armenia has reached 119.
14 January 2010 [09:53]
14 January 2010 [09:45]
Iran's Ambassador to Syria Ahmad Mousavi has met with Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch to discuss unity between Muslims and Christians.
14 January 2010 [09:37]
Israel sent a formal letter of apology to Turkey after Turkey threatened to recall its ambassador over a public dressing down earlier this week, officials said.
13 January 2010 [20:35]
Iranian and Turkish delegations, at the end of the second meeting of border provinces here on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on developing and deepening border cooperation.
13 January 2010 [20:20]
Davutoglu met with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband as part of his working visit to London.
13 January 2010 [20:00]
Turkey and Kosovo signed on Wednesday a customs cooperation agreement in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
13 January 2010 [18:53]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry will present its nuclear program Web site today, Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchohr Muttaki was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying.
13 January 2010 [18:50]
According to the press service of the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine, Kyiv Court obliged the Commission to consider the issue of registration of over 2000 Georgian monitors for presidential elections in Ukraine.
13 January 2010 [18:45]
Erdogan said that Turkish economy would recover quickly in 2010.
13 January 2010 [18:38]
13 January 2010 [18:27]
According to Levan Tarkhnishvili, the head of delegation of Georgian monitors, the decision of Ukrainian CEC not to register Georgian monitors for presidential elections is illegal.
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