Latvian President Andris Berzins announced during a joint press conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul today that Latvia fully supports Turkey's accession to the European Union and sees opportunities for both countries to jointly cooperate in establishing relations with the Eastern Partnership countries and the Central Asian countries

• April 2, 2013

Ukraine's natural gas shipper said that April marks the start of a break from Russia as more supplies start coming in from nearby Poland.

• April 1, 2013

The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.

• April 1, 2013

Optimism and progress are words seldom associated with diplomatic encounters involving Iran.

• April 1, 2013

The surprise military exercises in the Black Sea Russian President Vladimir Putin called for are reaching their conclusion.

• March 31, 2013

NATO hopes a U.S. change to global missile defenses will dispel Russian concern and foster cooperation on an issue that has long strained relations, alliance Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said in an interview.

• March 31, 2013

Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100,000 euros (£84,300; $128,200) could lose up to 60% of their savings as part of an EU-IMF bailout restructuring move, officials say.

• March 31, 2013

The little island of Cyprus was the largest foreign investor in both Russia and Ukraine before the collapse and restructuring of its banks.

• March 29, 2013