Elmar Brok

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Elmar Brok said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware that “he cannot help Greece financially.”

The MEP said that Russia “cannot restore the Greek standard of living and Greeks would not like the Russians’ standard of living,” speaking with state TV ARD and Bild newspaper.

A delegation from the European Parliament Foreign Relations Committee headed by Elmar Brok had talks in the Turkish capital Ankara on March 17, seeking ways to update the Customs Union to protect Turkey's interests over the EU's free trade agreements with third parties.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Friday and Saturday in Riga will participate in the informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from European Union (EU) member states (Gymnich type), informs the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE).

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By Brian Parkin and Birgit Jennen

Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras won?t get German support for easing austerity, though Greece?s exit from the euro area would be costly for Germany, members of Chancellor Angela Merkel?s two main coalition parties said.

Turkey moving in wrong direction - EP official

VIENNA -- European parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee chair Elmar Brok has said that Turkey is "increasingly moving away from Europe."

Bulgaria "won't be bargaining chip," says PM

BRUSSELS -- Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a bargaining chip in the relations between Russia and the West, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.

Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a coin in relations between Russia and the West, the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in Brussels on Wednesday evening.

Prior to meeting the EU's top officials on Thursday, Borisov discussed the demise of South Stream with Elmar Brok, who chairs the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

BRUSSELS - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will take part in a conference on the Western Balkans at the European Parliament's (EP) Committee on Foreign Affairs in Brussels on Tuesday.

The meeting, which was called by the committee's chairman, Elmar Brok, will also be attended by Dacic's colleagues from the region, according to a statement from Brussels.

BRUSSELS - The leaders of the three largest groups in the European Parliament (EP) Wednesday welcomed the decision by EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to launch an independent investigation into allegations about abuses at top levels of the European rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX).

BELGRADE - Belgrade Security Forum, scheduled for the end of the month, will bring together politicians and foreign policy and security experts, and address the topics that bear great importance for Serbia, stressed Sonja Licht, President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence.