Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze met with the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort at the Ministry. The two discussed important issues from the agenda of the Geneva negotiations and in particular the situation in the occupied territories …

“Montenegro is in principle close to opening accession negotiations. Now it needs to run this final straight towards this very ambitious goal,” President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Baroso announced. However, he stressed that significant work remains to be done. 

Romania has no territorial claims towards Bulgaria, according to Romanian Ambassador in Sofia, Anton Pacuretu. Pacuretu’s explanation came after the remarks of Romanian

Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots are pushing to finish negotiations on Cypriot reunification by July 1 when Greek Cyprus is set to take over the EU Presidency amid growing speculation that the United Nations will propose continued talks after the date. 

Oliver Ivanovic, State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, has called on Brussels to rescue the EU-brokered deal on Kosovo’s representation at regional meetings and prevent both sides from walking out from such meetings.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and UN Special Representative in Geneva talks Antti Turunen discussed today the situation in the Georgian separatist regions and cooperation within

Greece on Tuesday named the vice minister for finance Philippos Sachinidis to become the new finance minister. Sachinidis, who is 49, replaces Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos who stepped down on Monday after taking over the socialist Pasok party. Greece on March 12 completed a landmark exchange with private investors for …

Bulgaria and Romania have been holding talks about the delimitation of the Black Sea areas for more than 20 years, the spokesperson for the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced. The latest round (17th) was held in December 2011 in Sofia, with the next round

On Tuesday, Seselj stated during his closing arguments that Serbs were not the aggressors, since they had only defended their land. “Serbs were not aggressors, and I did not encourage anyone to commit

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic will visit Brussels on Thursday and Friday. Within the sidelines of the visit Jeremic will take part in informal meeting of the EU and Western Balkans Foreign Ministers.