19 December: Turkey has slammed France for what it calls attempts to judge Turkish history before coming to terms with its own “dirty, bloody past” and repeated warnings of consequences in response to a bill the French legislature is readying to vote on t
16 December: The European Union Ambassador to Azerbaijan predicted that in 2012 there will be a stronger EU engagement in supporting the process of the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ambassador Rolad Kobia said that the EU recognize
The European Union has described its relationship with Russia as "strategic" as the two sides push ahead with areas of co-operation despite many differences.
15 December: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the last Russia-EU summit of his presidential career in Brussels on Thursday, amid growing condemnation in Europe of Russia’s alleged parliamentary vote rigging.The summit will be attended b
14 December: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Tuesday his pledge to carefully investigate all alleged violations in the December 4 parliamentary elections and take “fair decisions” based on probe results. President Medvedev called on Tuesda
13 December: Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, the owner of Russia's major Kommersant publishing house, has fired the holding CEO Andrey Galiev and editor-in-chief of the Kommersant Vlast magazine Maxim Kovalsky after they published photos with offensi