Eurasia News

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias expressed disappointment on Thursday at the first signals sent by the newly-elected leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Dervis Eroglu, stressing that he still wants a peaceful solution to the Cyprus issue as soon as possible.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says “Serbia’s EUintegration is not conditioned by recognizing Kosovo”. He called on the two sides to have a dialog, underscoring that he had never advised Belgrade not to appeal to the International Court in The Hague.

NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen will pay offcial visit to Zagreb, where he will meet with Croatia’s top offcials. Rasmussen is scheduled to meet with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and Defense Minister Branko Vukelic. This is Rasmussen first visit to Croatia, after he took office …

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg will arrive to Tbilisi today. His visit program has not yet been specified. According to preliminary information, Hammarberg will visit Tskhinvali and meet with the de facto authorities. Hammarberg’s main task is to secure the release of individuals who have been …

The UN war crimes tribunal turned down on Wednesday  an early release request from convicted war criminal Mladjo Radic. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2001 for crimes against Bosniaks committed during the 1992-1995 conflict, specifically the torture and killings of non-Serbs in the Omarska detention camp …

The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will travel to Tirana on 29 April 2010. He will meet with Albania’s President Bamir Topi, with Prime Minister Sali Berisha, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta and with Minister of Defense Arben Imami. The Secretary General will also meet with the …

Kosovo will attend the EU-Balkans summit in June only if the participants are equally represented, Spokesperson for Kosovo’s President Xhavit Beqiri said. If there are state symbols or flags, then Kosovo should enjoy the same privileges. If participants are identified by their names, that’s acceptable for

After holding separate meetings with negotiators Zoran Jolevski and Adamantios Vasilakis, UN mediator in Macedonian-Greek name dispute Matthew Nimetz met with UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon.

The Moldovan delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called upon the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg to delegate a mission to Moldova’s Transnistrian region so as to help the Moldovan authorities release journalist Ernest Vardanyan from custody in Tiraspol.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu, Gordan Jandroković and Sven Alkalaj agreed that the relations between these three countries are of strategic importance for the improvement of the general situation in southeastern Europe.