Russia

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım is an engineer, a ship building engineer from the prestigious Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. He defines himself as a "sailor."  

Russia plans to improve and expand its naval and air bases in Syria, Interfax news agency reported on Jan. 15, citing an unnamed source, as Moscow cements its presence in the Middle Eastern country, its only overseas military deployment. 

Bulgaria's President-elect Rumen Radev should consider very carefully his position on Crimea and its incorporation into Russia, incumbent Rosen Plevneliev has said.

The crucial recognition came after the July 1991 Brijuni agreement, which ended the ten-day war in Slovenia and was the first international agreement between Slovenia and the European Community. 

The integration of Slovenia into the international community was followed by recognitions from across the globe and in May Slovenia was already admitted to the UN.

Turkey and Russia have decided to invite the United States to Syria peace talks due to be held this month in the Kazakh capital Astana, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan.14.

Çavuşoğlu also reiterated that Turkey remained opposed to the inclusion of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the peace talks.

The Russian ambassador to Yemen has been shot and killed in Sanaa, according to reports coming from the Arab kingdom.

Vladimir Dedushkin was reportedly “keeping a close eye” in the war-torn country.

The diplomat was reportedly assassinated in the capital Sanaa.

The assassination was reported by Saudi Arabia’s Barq news agency.

Russia has announced its intention to permanently walk away from the G8 group of industrialised nations – more than two years after it was kicked out over the illegal annexation of Crimea.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who recently visited India to attend a business summit, has announced that Moscow and New Delhi will reset ties in the coming days.

Serbian police arrested Nemanja Ristic, 43, and Predrag Bogicevic, 47, on Friday on suspicion of terrorism and in line with an arrest warrant issued by Montenegro, the police announced.

In an interview for French channel France 24, President-elect Rumen Radev commented on several issues that he deemed important for Bulgaria and the world.

With respect to the election of Donald Trump, Radev pointed out that the positive thing about Trump is that "he is not a slave to political prejudices".