Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem on Monday met United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura, with the latter reviewing the ideas and efforts exerted to ensure the success of the talks which are due t…
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ISTANBUL’S ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE SET TO FOCUS ON PALESTINIAN CAUSE
KUALA LUMPUR, — The 13th Islamic Summit Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from April 12-15, is set to focus on the Palestinian cause, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in a statement.The summit is expected to issue a resolutio…
LIVE EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Follow-up to the extraordinary meeting of EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of Thursday 24 March 2016 after the terrorist attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 – EU-Turkey cooperation in the field of migration including visa liberalisation roadma…
Turkey’s nationalist party to hold extraordinary congress
ANKARA Under court order, Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will hold an extraordinary congress, as a judge ruled Friday in favor of party members who sued the leadership after its poor election performance last November. The Ankara Civil Court…
Cyprus Demands Recognition by Turkey to Unblock EU Accession
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday that Cyprus would block Turkey’s accession to the European Union if Ankara does not fulfill its agreed obligations and recognize Cyprus as a state.Speaking Tuesday in Nicosia after talks with visiting E…