Riga

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told his FYROM counterpart Nikola Poposki that Greece stands by its position on the long-standing name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The two men met in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday on the sidelines of a two-day EU Foreign Ministers meeting that focuses on the war in eastern Ukraine.

EU foreign policy chief against sending weapons to Ukraine

RIGA -- EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Friday spoke against "a bipartisan call in the U.S. to provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine."

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will visit Riga on March 6 and 7 where he will attend an informal meeting in the Gymnich format that will gather ministers of foreign affairs of EU members and candidate countries.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Friday and Saturday in Riga will participate in the informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from European Union (EU) member states (Gymnich type), informs the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE).

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BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will visit Riga on March 6 and 7 where he will attend an informal meeting in the Gymnich format that will gather ministers of foreign affairs of EU members and candidate countries.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will participate on Friday and Saturday, 6 and 7 March 2015, in the two-day Informal Meeting of EU member-state Foreign Ministers (Gymnich Meeting), which is taking place in Riga.

The Republic of Moldova remains a major priority on Romania's agenda, including from the standpoint of the preparations for the Eastern Partnership Summit of Riga, Secretary of State for European Affairs George Ciamba said on Wednesday, during a meeting with Republic of Moldova Foreign Affairs and European Integration Deputy Minister Iulian Groza.

By Lucy Meakin

One week after euro-area finance ministers agreed to extend Greece's bailout, the nation's government bonds are showing no sign of moving above where they were when the anti-austerity Syriza party was elected.

NATO on Wednesday urged Russia to withdraw all forces from eastern Ukraine and to end  its support for the pro-Moscow separatists as a ceasefire appeared to unravel.
      

Poland is ready to provide servicing for Bulgaria's Russian-made MiG-29 fighter aircraft, Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has said.