9 February: Germany’s trade surplus reached 158 billion euros ($209 billion) in 2011 on record exports that gained 11.4 percent, data released by the national statistics office showed yesterday.(AFP)
President of the European Parliament Martin Schultz and State Minister of Turkey and EU Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis gave a joint press conference, Tuesday, wherein M. Shultz urged Ankara to refer to its own history
8 February: Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF), begins a two-day visit to the Republic of Armenia on Wednesday, during which he will focus on Russia-Armenia cooperation in the field of security and on int
Turkish European Union Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis has said he is confident regarding a Swiss investigation into his statements regarding allegations of an Armenian genocide as he does not know of any power that can arrest a minister of Turkey
7 December: Russian gas supplies to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Greece reached normal levels over the weekend and gas deliveries to Romania, Germany and Italy are rising, European Commission press secretary Marlene Holzner said (Nezav
Behind the somewhat bizarre proposal made by members of the Azerbaijan parliament last week that Azerbaijan should change its name is a much more serious issue.