Libya
Nine suspects arrested over Tunis attack: presidency
Nine people suspected of links with the gunmen who attacked a Tunis museum leaving 21 dead have been arrested, the presidency announced March 19.
"Security forces were able to arrest four people directly linked to the (terrorist) operation and five suspected of having ties to the cell," it said in a statement, without giving details.
Seven Serbs work in ISIS controlled hospital in Libya
Seven Serbs work in ISIS controlled hospital in Libya
Seven health workers from Serbia work in Libyan city Sirt, in a hospital controlled by Islamic state.
No one of them was kidnapped, altough CNN claimed yesterday that 20 people was obducted from that hospital, including Serbian citizens.
Ambassador denies Serbians were abducted in Libya
Ambassador denies Serbians were abducted in Libya
BELGRADE -- No Serbian citizens were abducted on Tuesday in the town of Sirte, Serbian Ambassador to Libya Oliver Potezica has said.
Earlier in the day, U.S. broadcaster CNN reported that Islamic State (IS) terrorists had abducted 20 medical workers, "Serbians among them."
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ForMin Aurescu: Supporting Nigeria's development, an EU relevant contribution to the fight against Boko Haram
Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu told a meeting on Monday in Brussels of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) that the European Union can bring a relevant contribution to the fight against the Boko Haram group by supporting Nigeria's development.
Photo credit (c): ANGELO BREZOIANU / AGERPRES PHOTO
MAE: George Ciamba, to participate in GAC meeting in Brussels on Tuesday
Foreign Affairs Ministry's (MAE) Secretary of State for European Affairs George Ciamba will participate in the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Brussels, on Tuesday, aimed at discussions, among others, concerning the preparation of the European Council meeting of March 19-20, informs a press release MAE remitted to AGERPRES on Monday.
Donald Tusk: Grexit is an idiotic scenario that needs to be prevented
Donald Tusk, the president of the European council stressed in his first interview with European media that a Greek exit from the euro zone, accidental or not, is an "idiotic scenario" that needs to be prevented.
Dead from Ebola exceed the 10.000
Ebola epidemic virus has caused the death of over 10.000 people in West Africa, as the latest World Health Organization report released indicates.
According to the same report, 24.350 people have been infected and been sick in nine countries, while 10.004 of them have died.
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Unified Arab force: A triple oxymoron
When Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi called March 9 for the creation of a "unified Arab force" to battle the spread of extremist groups, he actually used a rare figure of speech: A triple oxymoron.
Unified?
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West should pay attention to Kosovo, Libya, not just Crimea
MOSCOW - We wish our Western partners paid equal attention to international law issues in the bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, situation in Kosovo and Libya's collapse as they do when they speak about Crimea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
"Enough about Crimea - let's consider Kosovo, Libya, Iraq"
"Enough about Crimea - let's consider Kosovo, Libya, Iraq"
MOSCOW -- Russia's partners in the West should pay attention to NATO's 1999 bombing of Serbia, to Kosovo, and the breakup of Libya, "and not just to Crimea."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made this statement on Tuesday, TASS reported.