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Malmström says Denmark's interpretation of common visa rules is an “unfortunate and difficult situation”. Cecilia Malmström, the European commissioner for home...

Self-inflicted damage, as well as events, have left Hungary's and Poland's presidencies of the Council of Ministers floundering. It was meant to be the year when central...

Democratic change in Moldova a rare bright spot in European Neighbourhood Policy reports. Štefan Füle, the European commissioner for enlargement and the neighbourhood...

The least the EU could do is to insist that Turkey treat Armenia as it would a normal neighbour. The issue of international recognition of the Armenian genocide in its...

Relations between Turkey and neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan remain complicated. Nowhere is Turkey's pursuit of ‘zero problems' in its neighbourhood harder than in...

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden in protest at Armenia vote. A diplomatic row is brewing between Sweden and Turkey after Sweden's parliament yesterday voted to...

The US and the EU need to help civil society push develop ties between Turkey and Armenia, now that political leaders have achieved a breakthrough. Turkey and Armenia...

Opening the border between Turkey and Armenia would reduce tensions in the southern Caucasus, but it remains unclear if Turkey will move ahead. Relations between Turkey and...

Major issues need to be resolved before the countries' parliaments can ratify deal. Armenia and Turkey on Saturday (10 October) signed a protocol to establish diplomatic...

Tentative first steps to improve Armenia-Turkey relations should give some hope for easter European tensions, too. The ceremonies this week commemorating the start of the...

The EU is actively engaged in Georgia and Transdniester; it also needs to be active in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is now 17 years since Armenia and Azerbaijan began a full-scale...

In terms of energy, Azerbaijan is the partner that Europe needs the most. Today's (8 May) meeting in Prague on the ‘Southern Corridor' – the pipelines that will bring...

A roadmap for restoring relations between Armenia and Turkey could fundamentally change political alignments in the Caucasus region. On 22 April, the foreign ministries of...

New finance and foreign ministers appointed as part of government reorganisation. Ahmet Davutoğlu, a professor of international relations who served as chief foreign...

EU leaders give their backing to scheme to deepen the EU's relations with six eastern neighbours, including Ukraine and Belarus. European Union heads of state and...

The EU's Eastern Partnership with former Soviet states will demonstrate the “power of soft power”, European Commission's president says. The European Commission...

Plan includes five former Soviet republics; references to EU membership avoided. A free trade area linking the EU with five countries in eastern Europe and the Caucasus...

Turkish, Armenian and Azeri ministers to hold their first trilateral meeting. A meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan scheduled for 26...

Turkish President Abdullah Gül's visit to Armenia signals a new beginning in relations between the two countries. September has already provided a textbook example of...

EU calls for “full normalisation” of relations as a process of ‘football diplomacy' begins. The EU has welcomed the first official visit to Armenia by a Turkish...