Foreign Ministry

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday named analyst Radu Magdin a honorary advisor on foreign communication, to deal with the prime minister's foreign communication strategy with emphasis on Romania's position in the European and international news media, the Government's Press Office announced.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Turkey’s annual Ambassadors’ Conference would take place in the western Çanakkale province next year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli.

The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is unifying not only Baghdad and Arbil, but also the Kurds in Iraq and Syria, thereby creating a completely new Kurdish reality in the region.

Greek Police said ballistic tests showed that the weapons used in the pre-dawn attack against the Israeli embassy in Athens Friday were the same ones employed in a similar shooting outside the German ambassador's residence in Athens in December last year.

A small left-wing terrorist group called “Popular Fighters” had claimed responsibility for that attack, which caused no injury.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has called on Brussels to lift the EU's Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM) introduced the country amid its EU accession in 2007.

Turkish actress Serra Yılmaz has claimed that she was “accused of being a Christian” for translating Pope Francis’ words into Turkish during his visit to Turkey between Nov. 28 and 30.

Romania and Canada on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding under which Romania will provide consular services to the Canadian state and citizens on Syrian territory, reads a press release to AGERPRES this Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov presented Wednesday a booklet on Bulgaria's preparedness for accession to the Schengen Agreement.

BELGRADE - Serbia has achieved some results when it comes to the inclusion of the Roma in the society and it will continue with such activities once it takes over the OSCE chairmanship next year, head of the Foreign Ministry working group for the OSCe chairmanship Dejan Sahovic has said.

Turkey has been under criticism for some time for becoming too involved in Middle Eastern affairs, thus distancing itself from the European Union and generally the Western world.