Eurasia News

Serbian President Boris Tadic is convinced that the decision of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, on whether Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence went against international law will be made in favor of Serbia. In an interview with Italian news agency ANSA, the president explained his optimism about the decision. …

Police detained on Monday seven former Croatian soldiers suspected of killing Serb soldiers in neighbouring Bosnia at the end of the country’s 1992-1995 war, local media said. “A criminal probe is being conducted against seven former members of the Croatian army,” police spokesman Krunoslav Borovec was quoted by Javno.Hr as …

The Croatian parliament Monday afternoon voted to allow the country’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor sign a key border deal with neighboring Slovenia that will unblock the country’s EU accession talks. 

Foreign direct investments in Bulgaria in 2009 will be less than half of the 6.5 billion euro the country attracted in 2008, data released by the central bank so far indicate. Preliminary data show that in January-August 2009 Bulgaria attracted 1.95 billion euro, 2.28 billion euro less than in the …

A senior US diplomat in Bosnia denied accusations that he was behind a conspiracy against top Bosnian Muslim leaders leveled at him by an influential newspaper publisher and the country’s Islamic Community. 

Four countries that emerged from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s pledged to work together on preparing a nomination that will give their medieval tombstones known as ‘stecci’ a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. 

Japan will help Bosnia reduce it green house gas emissions through a 93-milion-euro loan for a desulphurization project in one of the country’s leading thermal power plants. 

The United States in coordination with Greece are encouraging the Western Balkans’ integration into the European Union by 2014. The paper quotes sources in the international community and in Serbian government as saying the desired date for the countries of the Western

The representatives of the Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue negotiations on Monday.

Ukraine will cut a third of its contingent of soldiers in Kosovo, according to the country’s defense minister. “This is in accordance with the general tendency of KFOR to reduce its number of soldiers stationed in Kosovo,” Defense Minister Valerii Ivashchenko said.