A Turkish court ruled on Monday that President Abdullah Gul should stand trial for a fraud case a decade ago. Gul's presidential immunity does not cover allegations which date back to the time before he took office, the court ruled. The Ankara Public...More...

The European Union’s budget commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite won a landslide victory in Lithuania’s presidential election with 69 percent of the vote. The 53-year-old, a former finance minister, ran as an independent candidate. Turnout among the cou...More...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul left for Syria on Friday for an official visit. Besides mutual relations, the sides will exchange views on international issues including the regional developments such as Iraq, Israel-Palestine conflict and Lebanon iss...More...

British Justice Minister Shahid Malik stepped down on Friday pending an investigation of allegations that he paid below-market rent for a house, the highest profile casualty so far of a growing expenses scandal. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown h...More...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is continuing his official contacts in Poland. Erdogan was welcomed by his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk with an official ceremony. After the ceremony, Erdogan and Tusk had a tete-a-tete meeting and delega...More...

Germany's chancellor on Sunday underlined her opposition to Turkish membership of the European Union and France's president denounced the idea of a "Europe without borders" as the two leaders geared up for European Parliament elections next month. "...More...

The first Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit is being held today in Prague, Czech Republic. The Summit will be hosted by Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek representing the rotating EU Presidency. The summit will gather leaders from the EU Member St...More...

The Czech Senate approved the European Union's controversial Lisbon Treaty yesterday. Senators in the Czech Republic, the current holder of the European Union presidency, approved the text designed to streamline decision-making in the EU with 54 vote...More...

Britain published a blacklist today of people recently banned from the country, including a Hamas politician and a Jewish extremist, as well as neo-nazis, hate preachers and a far-right US talk show host. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decide...More...

European leaders are anxiously awaiting a Czech Senate vote on the Lisbon treaty this week. While the Irish voters have caused a major problem for the treaty, by rejecting it in a referendum last year, the Lisbon focus is now on the Czechs. France an...More...

Iceland’s Social Democrats swept to victory in general elections at the weekend after street protests over an economic meltdown toppled the previous government in January. Iceland’s interim leftist coalition government made up of the Social Democrat...More...

Turkey and Armenia have agreed on a comprehensive framework for the normalization of their bilateral relations in a "mutually satisfactory manner", Turkish Foreign Ministry said. A road map has been determined within this framework the statement said...More...

A Turkish court sentenced two Kurdish mayors to 10 months in jail over "spreading propaganda for the terrorist PKK organization." The court ruled that Osman Baydemir, mayor of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeaste...More...

Turkish Cypriots are voting today in parliamentary elections that could see a possible right-wing comeback. 161,373 voters will cast ballots. 345 candidates from seven political parties and eight independent candidates are competing for the seats at ...More...

The Turkish foreign minister Ali Babacan, who is paying a formal visit to Austria, met Turkish people living in the country on Wednesday. Babacan had a meeting with members of the Turkish community at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna. The Turkish fore...More...

The French parliament rejected a bill that proposed disconnecting Internet users if they download music or films illegally. The legislation was backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, however, opposition politicians managed to defeat it at ...More...