A mission of the International Monetary Fund will visit Bulgaria’s capital Sofia during the period May 10-20, 2011 to hold regular bilateral discussions on economic policies with the Bulgarian authorities. This is part of the IMF’s surveillance under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. The mission will be …

Tbilisi will host a meeting between U.S. ambassadors to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to Matt Bryza, the ambassador to Azerbaijan, the envoys will discuss the activity of embassies in the region. “The ambassadors will focus on coordination of efforts for ensuring regional security, development of economic ties and other …

On Thursday, the Moldovan Parliament approved the personal composition of the Republic of Moldova’s Permanent Delegation to the Euronest – the Parliamentary Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Program member states. 

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Grigol Vashadze, has arrived in Armenia for a working visit today, Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Grigol Vashadze and Edward Nalbandian will hold a meeting to discuss the process of …

Russia may join the World Trade Organization without getting any approval from Georgia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. “I do not want to go into details on how it could be done without Georgia’s consent,” Lavrov said during his current visit to Abkhazia. “All I can say is …

A trilateral summit of Serbia, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) takes place on Tuesday (April 26th) in Karadjordjevo. President Boris Tadic, his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and members of BiH tripartite presidency — Nebojsa Radmanovic, Bakir Izetbegovic and Zeljko Komsic — will discuss co-operation among their countries.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Tuesday (April 19th) that accession talks with Turkey may restart in June after a year-long hiatus. His statement followed a meeting of the EU-Turkey Association Council

Macedonian President George Ivanov refuted media statements that the country has reached an agreement with Greece on the name issue which will be announced after the parliamentary elections.

Georgia’s parliament has annulled an agreement with Russia allowing Moscow to use its territory as a transit nation for a Russian military base in Armenia. Tuesday’s unanimous vote means a five-year agreement struck in 2006 will not be automatically renewed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov heads to Macedonia on Wednesday for a one-day visit to discuss boosting bilateral ties and economic relations, especially in the energy and investment sectors.