ISSUE #21
06/04/2012
On 29 May 2012, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said that it was necessary to bring Ukraine closer to integration into the EU. “Let us not abandon Ukraine on its path towards the Western world because [it] will go to the East,” he said. READ MORE

• June 11, 2012

ISSUE #20
05/28/2012
In the resolution of 24 May 2012, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) expressed their concern over trials in Ukraine which they believe do not meet European standards. READ MORE

• June 11, 2012

Iran hopes that the final nuclear agreement for giving permission to IAEA inspectors (to visit Parchin military complex) will be signed, Iran Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh told ISNA.

• June 9, 2012

Afghanistan: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will grant Afghanistan observer status and accept Turkey as a dialogue partner, Chinese President Hu Jintao said on 7 June.

• June 9, 2012

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a group that includes China, Russia and four Central Asian nations, has granted Afghanistan observer status. Beijing has also pledged immediate aid to Kabul and much more once NATO troops leave the country in 2014. The group has also expressed its opposition to any use of force against Iran, which already has observer status in the organisation.

• June 9, 2012

Islamic militants fighting Indian forces in Kashmir will declare war on Pakistan if it weakens its traditional support for their jihad, their senior leader has warned.

• June 8, 2012

American Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern has said 2015, the centennial of the events of 1915, will be an opportunity for Turkey to improve relations with Armenia, adding that it will be an important year for both sides.

• June 8, 2012

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it made no progress in talks with Iran on Friday to seal a deal on resuming a long-stalled investigation into suspected atom bomb research by the Islamic state and it called the outcome "disappointing".

• June 8, 2012