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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.
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.
Japanese Education Ministry & Parliament host discussions with Azerbaijani diaspora
Iran and Sweden agree on prisoner swap with Oman's mediation
First batch of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UAVs enters service with Romanian army
Another US Deputy Secretary of State to visit Armenia
Strategic partnership with Washington prompt Yerevan to postpone peace treaty with Baku
South Korea, US and Japan may hold joint military exercises this month
Germany eyes boost in tourism revenue during UEFA Euro 2024