Turkey on Friday asked French senators to reject a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian claims of genocide, which comes before the French Senate next Monday.

Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić met Thursday with Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rapporteur Bjorn von Sydow. Dačić stressed that when it came to the situation in Kosovo, reaching a political agreement and finding a solution to the problem were necessary as soon as …

The European Commission on Thursday launched its visa liberalisation dialogue with Kosovo, a long-awaited decision hailed by Pristina. The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, said in Pristina on Thursday that the EU had set the

In the run up to a crucial referendum on Croatia’s EU membership bid, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic tells lawmakers that joining the bloc will ensure the country’s stability. Pusic said in parliament on Thursday that stability was the most important argument in favour of Croatia’s EU entry.

Thousands of Romanians marched through their capital on Thursday to demand the resignation of their government for imposing harsh austerity measures in order to receive international loans for the nation’s battered economy.

Romania’s President Traian Basescu on Thursday expressed wishes to maintain good relations with China in 2012. “The foreign policy of Romania will reserve a special place to the relation with China this year,” the President told the annual meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Cyprus in February, an official said on Thursday, becoming the country’s first premier to visit the island nation. Details on the objective of the visit are unknown yet. Netanyahu’s trip will follow on from last week’s visit by Cypriot Defence Minister Demetris Eliades, …

Belgrade faces a dilemma on whether to include Kosovo in its next round of national and local elections, as Germany has directly asked Serbia to abandon its so-called parallel institutions in Kosovo. Serbia’s Ministry of Public Administration and Local Government is busy preparing electoral rolls. The job must be done

On a visit to Skopje, top US state department official says that the name dispute between Greece and Macedonia must be resolved before Macedonia can join NATO. Philip Reeker, US deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, said on Wednesday that despite a recent court ruling in favour of

Two days of UN brokered name talks between Macedonia and Greece in New York this week ended without result. The UN envoy tasked with mediating the dispute, Matthew Nimetz, nevertheless described the talks as “helpful” and focused on the best way to move the process forward in a constructive manner.