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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.
21 January 2010 [09:36]
The Iranian military has announced plans to dispatch a fifth fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
20 January 2010 [18:00]
Asked if mutual visa requirement between Turkey and Saudi Arabia would be ended, Erdogan said that a development would take place involving diplomats and businesspeople.
20 January 2010 [17:49]
The Union of European Football Federations will inaugurate an exhibition in Istanbul on Thursday.
20 January 2010 [17:15]
The 46th Presidential Cycling Tour in Turkey is set to run between April 11 and 18, 2010, Turkish Cycling Federation said Wednesday.
20 January 2010 [16:52]
The National Iranian Gas Company has denied the reported signing of a one billion euro gas contract with Germany to improve its gas distribution grid.
20 January 2010 [16:18]
High-speed trains, which started operating between capital Ankara and central Anatolian province of Eskisehir in March 2009, have carried 1 million passengers in 10 months.
20 January 2010 [15:41]
20 January 2010 [15:37]
The secretary of Iran's Expediency Council and the Turkish ambassador posted in the Iranian capital held talks on Turkish-Iranian relations on Tuesday.
20 January 2010 [15:24]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stresses the importance of strengthening unity among regional countries to foil enemies' plots in the region.
20 January 2010 [15:13]
The 117-kilometer highway will link Kosovo with Albania in the south and Serbia in the east.
20 January 2010 [15:08]
A three-storey house collapsed in Tbilisi on Wednesday morning.
20 January 2010 [15:00]
Erdogan said Armenia attempted to make an operation on the protocols signed recently by Turkey and Armenia.
20 January 2010 [14:47]
20 January 2010 [14:36]
20 January 2010 [14:17]
Georgia's Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri held meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif in the course of his visit to Egypt.
20 January 2010 [14:00]
"Such a decision may result in the Greek Cypriot administration's withdrawal from the goal of a solution", Turkish statement said.
20 January 2010 [13:55]
The United States has declared that the P5+1 group's latest talks on the nuclear standoff with Iran have been constructive.
20 January 2010 [13:35]
As part of the World Future Energy Summit, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met UAE Minister of Nature Protection Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahadi.
20 January 2010 [13:27]
The Georgian leader will meet with his Estonian counterpart, PM and speaker in Vilnius on Jan. 20.
20 January 2010 [12:57]
Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava accuses Russian Newsweek of wrong interpretation of his words.
20 January 2010 [12:44]
20 January 2010 [12:32]
Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that the international community must move to prosecute Israeli authorities over the war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 incursion into the Gaza Strip.
20 January 2010 [12:20]
Turkey will send a financial aid of 1 million USD to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus following recent flood disaster.
20 January 2010 [11:56]
Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri headed for Egypt with an official visit on Jan. 19.
20 January 2010 [11:48]
An Armenian gunman was shot dead while trying to cross over the contact line towards Fuzuli region of Azerbaijan.
20 January 2010 [11:34]
Iran denied passage to a Russian Su-27 fighter even though its flight plan had been cleared in advance, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
20 January 2010 [11:28]
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have agreed to launch preliminary works for cooperation in health sector, Turkey's health minister said on Tuesday.