President Dalia Grybauskaite and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the overall implementation of NATO's plans to defend the Baltic States, reported BC the presidential press service.

• February 1, 2013

MEMBERS of Syria's Turkmen minority have joined forces with rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime in a struggle they say is for democracy and revenge for years of oppression.

• January 31, 2013

RUSSIA has warned that any Israeli air strike against Syria would be "unacceptable" after the Damascus regime said a military research centre had been attacked by Israeli fighter jets.

• January 31, 2013

The Georgian Foreign Ministry has held 13 plenary negotiation sessions to develop the text of an association agreement between Georgia and the EU.

• January 31, 2013

Moscow and Astana have signed a deal to establish a regional defense system, which will also include missile defense.
The document was signed on Wednesday during a meeting between Kazakh Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is paying an official visit to Astana, the Kazakh capital.

• January 30, 2013

Cyprus' president said Wednesday that Russia is ready to join the European Union in putting together a rescue package for the heavily indebted country.

Dimitris Christofias said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin assured him of Moscow's readiness to "extend a helping hand" to Cyprus in a telephone conversation the previous day.

• January 30, 2013

Iran has imported 4 billion bcm of gas from Turkmenistan since March 19, 2012, Deputy Oil Minister Javad Owji said, Mehr reported.

• January 30, 2013

ISSUE # 02
01/28/2013
Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has rejected the charges of organizing the murder of politician and businessman Yevhen Shcherban, her daughter Yevheniya said on 22 January 2013. READ MORE

• January 30, 2013