Eurasia Press & News
The OSCE mission in Albania and the US Embassy in Tirana welcomed President Bamir Topi’s initiative to organise negotiations between the government and the opposition in order to end an ongoing political stalemate. The opposition has been boycotting parliament since September, insisting on a thorough investigation into the June 2009 …
Read More »Stefan Fule to visit Macedonia on February 19th
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Macedonia on February 19th, Macedonia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. Commissioner Fule will meet with Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU integration Vasko Naumovski, and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. The newly-appointed EU enlargement chief took up his …
Read More »Matthew Nimetz to visit Athens by end-February
UN Special envoy on the name dispute between Athens and Skopje, Matthew Nimetz, will visit Greece in the last 10 days of February. Greek Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Grigoris Delavekouras stressed on Athens’ wish to find solution to the issue, which goes with the precondition for the other party in the …
Read More »Catherine Ashton to visit Belgrade on February 18
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, will pay a visit to Belgrade on February 18. Ashton took up the post from Javier Solana in December 2009 and officially stepped in office as First Vice President of the European Commission on February 9, 2010.
Read More »Croatia to Enhance Cooperation with ICTY
Croatia is ready to step up efforts to cooperate with the ICTY in order to be able to conclude EU accesson negotiations by the end of this year. Jadranka Kosor, the Croatian prime minister, said that efforts would be made to achieve better cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for …
Read More »Austrian foreign minister: “We want to bring Moldova closer to the EU”
“We want to bring Moldova closer to the European Union and support it on this path”. Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Michael Spindelegger said this in a meeting with Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca in Vienna on February 9, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting Moldovan Foreign Ministry’s press …
Read More »Serbia to start accession talks with EU in 2014
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger hopes for soon ratification of Stabilization and Association Agreement between Serbia and EU and start of accession talks by 2014 the latest. In his interview for Belgrade daily “Blic” he said that it’s not real all Western Balkan countries to join EU by 2014.
Read More »Commissioner Hammarberg to visit Kosovo
EU Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg kicks off his visit to Kosovo on Thursday. Commissioner Hammarberg will observe the situation of minorities in Kosovo, among which Serbs and Gorans. UN statistics said that last year a total of 2500 refugees returned to Kosovo. Among them were Roma people, who …
Read More »Turkish, Georgian Parliament Speakers Meet In Ankara
The Turkish and Georgian parliament speakers met in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin and Georgia’s Parliament Speaker David Bakradze had a tete-a-tete meeting at the Turkish parliament, and then chaired the meeting between two delegations.
Read More »EU leaders gather to discuss Greek solvency plan
The financial woes of Greece and other eurozone member states are set to dominate Today’s EU summit in Brussels. Late on Wednesday, Europe’s underfire socialist leaders gathered to work out their response to the debt crisis.
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