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25 January 2010 [19:00]
Iranian ambassador said on Monday they told Iranian authorities that auto factory should be opened in the northwestern province of Bursa in Turkey.
25 January 2010 [18:56]
At its winter session that opened in Strasbourg on Jan. 25, the CE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) confirmed the powers of all the national delegations except for the Armenian and Albanian delegations.
25 January 2010 [18:50]
25 January 2010 [18:45]
Iranian Minister of Road and Transportation Hamid Behbahani has said "human error" caused the crash of a Russian-made passenger airplane and a train accident in northeastern Iran.
25 January 2010 [18:28]
A group of Chechen families who fled to Turkey after the Russian invasion of Chechnya struggle in difficult conditions.
25 January 2010 [18:23]
Georgian delegation headed by Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri will arrive on a one-day visit to Armenia on Jan. 26.
25 January 2010 [18:06]
25 January 2010 [18:00]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on expansion of relations and cooperation between Iran and Malaysia.
25 January 2010 [17:34]
Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry brought 151 cultural assets back to the country in 2009.
25 January 2010 [17:29]
25 January 2010 [17:21]
Member of the Armenia’s Heritage parliamentary faction Zarui Postanjian has left for Strasbourg to take part in the PACE winter session, head of the Heritage faction Styopa Safaryan said.
25 January 2010 [16:41]
Iran's Economy and Finance Minister says based on Iran's fifth development plan, there is no limit on foreign investment in Iranian industrial or mineral sectors.
25 January 2010 [16:28]
Today, Chairman of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Movlud Cavushoglu was elected new PACE President.
25 January 2010 [16:13]
A fourth person was found dead Sunday due to a fierce snowstorm that caused power outages in Turkey and traffic chaos in neighboring Bulgaria.
25 January 2010 [15:48]
25 January 2010 [15:35]
Ukraine`s Central Election Commission will discuss the issue of Georgian observers later today.
25 January 2010 [15:12]
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will soon give "good news" regarding the 20-percent enriched fuel needed for a medical research reactor in Tehran.
25 January 2010 [15:05]
Turkey's statistics body, TUIK, made public on Monday the census results for 2009.
25 January 2010 [14:53]
European Union president Spain thinks that Turkey belongs in the 27-country bloc, Spanish FM Moratinos said in an interview.
25 January 2010 [14:23]
The Head of the National Iranian Gas Export Company says Pakistan has agreed to secure the transfer of Iran's exporting gas to India via its soil.
25 January 2010 [13:45]
Arinc will deliver a speech Tuesday at the conference held under the "Friends of Democratic Pakistan" event.
25 January 2010 [13:26]
Nine Abkhaz children, whose families fled the occupied Abkhazian Region of Georgia two months ago, joined studies at the public school No. 168 in Tbilisi on Jan. 25.
25 January 2010 [13:05]
The Iranian Navy has sent a fifth fleet of warships to the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden to defend the country's vessels and oil tankers against continued attacks by Somali raiders.
25 January 2010 [12:44]
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party urged the Council of Europe to maintain its commitment to political rights.
25 January 2010 [12:22]
The speaker of Georgian parliament Davit Bakradze is on an official visit to Brussels, where he will hold meeting with the chairperson of the House of Representatives of the European Parliament.
25 January 2010 [12:08]
The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran's Parliament (Majlis) is considering downgrading ties with Britain over London's interference in Tehran's internal affairs.
25 January 2010 [11:53]
25 January 2010 [11:52]
U.S. ex -Congressmen will visit Georgia with a visit on Jan. 25-27.
25 January 2010 [11:45]
Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat arrived in Istanbul.
25 January 2010 [11:07]
Iran's minister of roads and transportation has declared that the Iranian airlines will no longer be allowed to buy cheap or old airplanes.
25 January 2010 [10:36]
A Turkish parliamentarian will be elected new president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the first time in history.
25 January 2010 [09:53]
At least 46 passengers on board an Iranian airliner have been injured as the plane catches fire while trying to land in the Mashhad airport.
25 January 2010 [09:45]
President Karzai of Afghanistan has arrived in Istanbul.
23 January 2010 [16:55]
An Iranian lawmaker says the Parliament (Majlis) has settled on limiting relations with Britain, rather than a full severance of ties as advocated in a bill last week.
23 January 2010 [16:48]
Davutoglu expressed Turkey's concerns about Armenian Constitutional Court's reasoned verdict to Clinton over the phone.
23 January 2010 [16:24]
"1.2 per cent economic growth in Armenia is modest, but a real figure, although it is difficult to say, will it be reached or exceeded," head of the OSCE Yerevan office Sergey Kapinos said.
23 January 2010 [16:03]
A charity concert with participation of opera stars like Marcelo Alvares, Amborgio Maestri and others was held in Tbilisi on Jan. 22.
23 January 2010 [15:43]
Erdogan spoke with his British counterpart Gordon Brown on Friday, officials said.
23 January 2010 [15:37]
23 January 2010 [15:07]
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia stated that it is ready to supply investigators of the Hague Tribunal with all the necessary materials, the ministry's spokesperson Khatuna Iosava said.
23 January 2010 [15:00]
Turkish Central Bank Gov. Durmuş Yılmaz will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, while the country’s top politicians opt to stay away.
23 January 2010 [14:56]
While Iran is still awaiting for the West's response to a proposed deal for nuclear swap, France urges the UN to adopt "strong measures" against Iran to solve the nuclear row through talks.
23 January 2010 [14:44]
Turkish and Austrian state TV channels signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding on cooperation.
23 January 2010 [14:17]
Collaboration between Armenia and Russia strengthened in 2009, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said.
23 January 2010 [14:05]
Romania supports territorial integrity of Georgia, said Ambassados of Romania to Georgia Dan Mihai Barliba during his meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze.
23 January 2010 [11:22]
A passenger plane travelling from Germany to Turkey made an emergency landing in Greek after the pilot received a bomb threat, Greek officials said.
23 January 2010 [10:44]
A senior Iranian cleric has warned against enemy plots and called on countries that claim to seek the establishment of ties with Iran to remain vigilant.
23 January 2010 [10:36]
A Turkish frigate will set sail for the Gulf of Aden in February, the General Staff said on Friday.
23 January 2010 [10:20]
In 2009, Armenia expanded and strengthened partnership with the US, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said.
23 January 2010 [10:00]
Russia will recognize territorial integrity of Georgia without Abkhazia and the so called South Ossetia.
23 January 2010 [09:57]
Russia on Friday joined China in calling for more diplomacy on Iran, warning against imposing fresh sanctions against the country's nuclear energy section for delays over a fuel exchange deal.
23 January 2010 [09:45]
Erdogan said, "we will not bow to this dirty games, dirty relations, these illegal attempt", in a first response from the govt over new alleged coup plot.
22 January 2010 [20:55]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said substance and spirit of the protocols between Turkey and Armenia for normalisation of relations should be protected.
22 January 2010 [20:27]
Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian welcomed newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative Dafina Gercheva on the occasion of submitting her credentials.
22 January 2010 [20:11]
22 January 2010 [19:35]
Turkey's Constitutional Court overturned a law allowing the military to be put on trial in civilian courts, a move fiercely opposed by the armed forces.
22 January 2010 [19:23]
Ergun said that Turkey was willing to boost commercial and industrial relations with Brazil.
22 January 2010 [19:14]
22 January 2010 [19:03]
An Azerbaijani was kidnapped by Armenians compactly living in Georgian village of Sadakhli.
22 January 2010 [18:57]
Council of Ministers accepted a strategy to strengthen fight against corruption as well as increase transparency.
22 January 2010 [18:49]
22 January 2010 [18:39]
22 January 2010 [18:34]
Georgia will officially leave CIS Parliamentary Assembly today.
22 January 2010 [18:20]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian says his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki will arrive in Yerevan on Jan. 26.
22 January 2010 [18:17]
22 January 2010 [18:04]
Turkish search and rescue team AKUT pulled a woman alive under the rubble of a supermarket eight days after the Haiti earthquake.
22 January 2010 [17:50]
22 January 2010 [17:35]
The fight against illegal immigration must become a "priority issue" in the European Union's ties with Turkey, an EU candidate country, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson said Thursday.
22 January 2010 [17:23]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated Khorassan Steel Company's 550,000-ton sponge iron producing unit on Friday.
22 January 2010 [17:16]
On Jan. 21, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.
22 January 2010 [17:10]
The raids in 16 provinces including Istanbul followed the arrest earlier this week of 25 suspected al Qaeda members.
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.