Eurasia News

Slovenian MEP Yelko Kacin reckons that Montenegro will be the next country to start the EU accession talks unless Macedonian-Greek dispute is resolved in due time. In an interview with Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Kacin said it’s important that the European Union maintains its focus on the Western Balkans once Croatia …

The European Union offers Serbia to draw up together a resolution to be submitted to the UN General Assembly shortly after the International Court of Justice renders its opinion on Kosovo.

Romania sprijina organizarea de catre Kazahstan, la Astana, a unui Summit al sefilor de state sau de guverne OSCE in cursul acestui an, a declarat secretarul de stat pentru afaceri strategice Bogdan Aurescu. Bogdan Aurescu a condus delegatia Romaniei care a participat, in perioada 16–17 iulie 2010, la Alma Ata, …

Serbian and Croatian Presidents Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović said that they are ready to work on solving all open questions between the two countries. Tadić said that Josipović’s first visit to Belgrade on Sunday is a historical one. Josipović said that he supports the path of all of Croatia’s …

Azerbaijan and Georgia will create a joint working group to develop the transport corridor from Asia to Europe through Georgia and Azerbaijan, the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said at a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev yesterday in Batumi.

Bulgaria has become the first country in the region and the third EU member state to ratify Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, with the EU. Bringing together majority and opposition parties in the Bulgarian parliament, the agreement was officially ratified on Friday.

Greece has achieved “considerable progress” in recovering its public finances, the IMF said in a report on Saturday. However, there are still “clear risks” facing the country’s healthcare and social security system, according

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen named former Turkish presidential advisor Huseyin Dirioz as the organisation’s deputy secretary-general in charge of defence and planning on Friday (July 16th). The move came following a promise Rasmussen made when he took the post in 2009 to appoint a Turkish citizen as his deputy.

EULEX judges on Friday rejected a US request for the extradition of a Kosovo Albanian suspected of terrorism. A three-member panel denied the request to extradite Bajram Asllani, citing several grounds, including the

Serbian President Boris Tadic reiterated on Saturday that Serbia is ready for a compromise on Kosovo, but he stressed that Belgrade will never recognise its independence. “Nobody should force us to make that choice,” he