Eurasia News

Greece will not quit on the resolution of the name dispute as a condition for start of the neighboring country’s EU accession talks, Alexandar Mallias, a former Greek ambassador to Macedonia said on Thursday. Alexandar Mallias reckons that name Republic of North Macedonia to replace

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about Kosovo’s strategy to integrate the country’s ethnically divided north. In a report to the Security Council, the U.N. chief warned that tensions in the region could increase unless the government of Kosovo acts with transparency and in consultation with local communities. …

Bulgaria should return on the Balkans as EU member state. This means that we must be more active and constructive in our aid for the Western Balkans in their effort to solve the conflicts and become part of the European family, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov said. 

The Republic of Moldova’s Acting President and Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu will pay an official visit to Bucharest on April 27 and 28. On Wednesday, the Government officially approved the delegation’s personal composition.

The State Prosecution in Montenegro has indicted seven people on charges of war crimes in Bukovica, in the Sandzak region of Montenegro. The indictment was filed at the High Court in Bijelo Polje with a request for the arrest and detention of all seven indictees.

The foreign ministers of NATO’s member states have gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, for a two-day meeting during which they are set to discuss when the alliance should extend a Membership Action Plan to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The informal meeting of foreign ministers will cover a

Bulgaria’s Parliament has established formal relations with the Assembly of Kosovo after the head of the latter visited Sofia on Wednesday, Novinite reports. The Chair of the Kosovo Assembly, Jakup Krasniqi, met with his Bulgarian counterpart, Tsetska Tsacheva, during an official visit abroad by a Kosovo parliamentary delegation.

Ministrul roman al Afacerilor Externe, Teodor Baconschi, va participa joi si vineri la reuniunea informala a ministrilor de externe din statele membre ale NATO, care se desfasoara la Tallinn, in Estonia. Potrivit unui comunicat al MAE, agenda politica a intalnirii va include subiecte referitoare la procesul de transformare a NATO …

Armenia’s ruling coalition parties issued a joint statement in which they call for suspending the process of ratification of the Armenia-Turkey protocols in the Armenian legislature. The government says the move comes amid Turkey’s reluctance to honor its commitment on an unconditional ratification of the deal within a reasonable timeframe.

Rusia si Ucraina au ajuns la un acord pentru prelungirea prezentei flotei ruse a Marii Negre si dupa anul 2017, a anuntat miercuri presedintele rus, Dmitri Medvedev, in cursul unei vizite in Ucraina, informeaza Mediafax. Conform acordului incheiat intre cele doua state in 1997, flota rusa a Marii Negre poate …