Turkey

2012-05-22NATO is Turkey's most important security guarantee in its dangerous and unstable neighbourhood.

2012-05-21Romance and "clandestine relationships" between ordinary Greeks and Turks is again the vehicle for another big-budget Turkish romantic comedy. The theme is far from uncommon in real life.

2012-05-18Turkey hopes to make a case for Macedonia's application to NATO at next week's summit.

2012-05-17From politics to economics, Turkey remains one of Kosovo's biggest regional partners.

2012-05-16Representatives of several countries in the region gathered in Skopje to help promote organic agriculture. Also in business news: Sarajevo is hosting its third annual Business Forum and Croatia's economy is expected to shrink by 1% this year.

2012-05-14NATO representatives will meet in Chicago this month.

2012-05-12More variety, cross-regional packages and alternative tourism mark this year's fair.

2012-05-11Army chiefs of staff from the region came together to discuss new ways to use defence resources.

2012-05-10Officials and analysts in Turkey and Montenegro welcome the recent boost in business co-operation between the two countries, viewing it as regionally positive and inspiring.

2012-05-10It is estimated that only 30% of Roma in Turkey are literate.

2012-05-09Agriculture, food and energy are sectors catching Qatar's eye. Also in business news: Turkey's long-term rating outlook in foreign and local currency falls and Serbia kicks off a huge trade fair in Kragujevac.

2012-05-08Al-Qaeda considered a name change in hopes that Muslims would support the terrorist organisation.

2012-05-08Although analysts believe that Turkey's role in the region is increasingly important, the opinions of local politicians and citizens are divided.

2012-05-07According to the UN's International Labour Organisation, prospects for improving the employment rate in the short-term are dim, but there are measures that should help over time.

2012-05-04The slain terrorist leader was wrong about Arab Spring, experts believe.

2012-05-04A new report by Freedom House shows a mixed picture of media freedom in Southeast Europe in 2011. Over the past 12 months, the situation worsened most significantly in Macedonia, while notable improvements were made in Kosovo and Montenegro.

2012-05-03The exploitation of the island's fuel resources may increase chances for rapprochement -- or undermine them.

2012-04-30Kosovo and Turkey have what former Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu describes as "golden relations", strong political and economic ties bound together by religious and cultural affinities developed over more than five centuries of Ottoman rule.

2012-04-30Muslims in several European countries face discrimination in daily life, the Amnesty International report says.

2012-04-27Laki Vingas says there has been a change of attitude in the bureaucracy that seeks to establish dialogue with minority groups.