Eurasia Press & News
The interim president Mihai Ghimpu of Moldova issued a decree on “constituting the Committee for studying and analyzing the totalitarian communist system in the Republic of Moldova”. The decree mentions that, regardless of the fact that in the last two decades “Republic of Moldova recorded progresses in term of building …
Read More »Inzko: No reforms in Bosnia in 3 years
Due to a lack of political agreement there haven’t been any reforms Bosnia in the past three years, High International Representative Valentin Inzko says. Those reforms, the Austrian diplomat added, could have made Bosnia-Herzegovina a more functional state. At the meeting of the EU political directors in Madrid, Inzko said …
Read More »“Hague denies Šešelj request”
The Hague Tribunal rejected on Thursday Vojislav Šešelj’s request to hold a phone press conference, SRS official Aleksandar Martinović said. The of the opposition party, on trial at the Hague on charges of war crimes, made the request ahead of the snap local election in the municipality of Odžaci, scheduled …
Read More »Pieter Feith: Strategy for integrating north
The chief of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, says a strategy exists for the integration of the northern part of Kosovo. It envisages the forming of the institutions of Kosovo in this part of Kosovo’s territory. After a meeting with Kosovo Premier Hashim Thaci, Feith said that …
Read More »Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish FMs to meet
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and his Turkish and Bosnian counterparts Ahmet Davutoglu and Sven Alkalaj will meet today in Belgrade. The meeting will be the fourth regular monthly meeting of the three foreign ministers.
Read More »Macedonian PM Gruevski to meet Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Macedonian PM Gruevski will discuss on Macedonia’s achievements and perspectives regarding NATO membership as well as present and future reforms of the country in the frameworks of EU integration. PM Gruevski announced that he is not expecting too much of his meeting with Rasmussen, but pointed out
Read More »Podgorica and Pristina to establish diplomatic relations
Montenegro and Kosovo have established diplomatic ties with an exchange of letters of foreign ministers, the government in Podgorica announced today. Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Roćen said in his letter that he expects the position of the Montenegrin community in Kosovo to be permanently solved, and that as this issue …
Read More »Georgian PM explains reasons for changing Batumi summit format
Georgia will hold the energy summit, although it is unclear when, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said. Batumi hosted an energy conference instead of a planned energy summit Jan. 14. Senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU attended the conference. According …
Read More »Batumi conference participants confirm territorial integrity of forum participating countries: Georgian FM
Energy conference in Batumi attended by senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU has ended. The main purpose of the conference held in Batumi was to develop the initiative of the Southern Corridor as a guarantee of prosperity, stability and security …
Read More »EU pressures Bulgaria over Slovak candidate
Socialists in the European Parliament increased pressure on Bulgaria yesterday to change its candidate for the European Commission, raising the risk of further delay in installing the new EU executive. Centre-right members of parliament flexed their muscles in return, signalling they would challenge the suitability of Slovakia’s leftist candidate if …
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