Eurasia Press & News
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht signed a trade agreement Tuesday (January 11th) as part of Serbia’s bid to join the World Trade
Read More »Italy backs Albania’s European path
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini reiterated on Monday (January 10th) Italy’s support for Albania on its path to European integration. Albanian counterpart Edmond Haxhinasto was in Rome to sign an agreement
Read More »Swiss Media Lashes Targets Kosovo PM, Saying Thaci’s Rise in KLA Was Plotted on Swiss Soil
Following Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s brazen comments last week comparing a Council of Europe report connecting him to organized crime to ‘Nazi propaganda’ and its author, Swiss Senator Dick Marty, to Joseph Goebbels, the Swiss media is hitting back. On 8 January, the Geneva-based daily Le Temps reported that …
Read More »Merkel says Turkey must put more effort to resolve Cyprus conflict
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Cyprus on the second leg of her two-day Mediterranean tour. After meeting with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Merkel said it was up to Turkey to put more effort
Read More »Serbia has collected the answers for EU questionnaire
Serbia’s Government Office for European Integration head Milica Delević says the office had received almost all of the answers to the European Commission questionnaire. She added that the work was
Read More »Bulgaria says it will be ready for Schengen entry in March
Bulgaria said Tuesday it is continuing with preparations to join the European Union’s passport-free Schengen zone. ‘Bulgaria will be technically in a position to become part of the
Read More »Playing Milorad Dodik’s Game
Marking the 19th anniversary of the autonomy of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, entity President Milorad Dodik took the opportunity to warn on national television that Bosnian Serbs would not allow any further decentralization, which is necessary for EU integration. He described Bosnia-Herzegovina as a ‘divided society’ that ‘is in …
Read More »Serbia, Croatia discuss about war crimes case
Serbian President Boris Tadić spoke with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor about the case of Tihomir Purda. Tadić underlined during the discussion that “this and similar cases needed to be considered by the appropriate ministries and prosecutions in both
Read More »Bosnian Foreign Minister will visit Azerbaijan
Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj is set to visit Azerbaijan on Jan.12-13. During the visit, he will meet with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Economic
Read More »Hungary says it will back Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen entry
Hungary’s foreign minister says his country will do everything possible to facilitate Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen entry during its EU presidency. “We have a priority and that is Bulgaria and Romania’s
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