Eurasia Press & News
European Commission Director for the Western Balkans Pierre Mirel says that all EU member-states have agreed to begin visa liberalization dialogue with Kosovo. He submitted a progress report and feasibility study on Kosovo to senior officials in Priština yesterday.
Read More »Germany to return 14,000 Kosovo refugees
Germany has decided to return 14,000 refugees from Kosovo to their homeland, 10 years after the war, writes Suddeutsche Zeitung. There are currently over 14,000 refugees from Kosovo, who have had their applications for permanent residency turned down, awaiting deportation. All individuals without permanent residency status in Germany, and who …
Read More »Moldova to open 13 polling stations for Romanian presidential elections
On the whole, the Romanian Government is preparing to open 294 polling stations abroad – one hundred more than at the previous elections. For the Romanian presidential elections of November 22, the Republic of Moldova will open 13 polling stations in its territory. Until now, this republic used to permit …
Read More »Georgia considers Hillary Clinton’s initiative to create buffer zones at occupied territories as acceptable
Georgia considers U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s initiative to create buffer zones at the territories occupied by Russia as acceptable, secretary of National Security Council Eka Tkeshelashvili said before leaving for Vienna for the international conference.
Read More »Chinese vice president urges Chinese, Bulgarian entrepreneurs to boost economic ties
Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on Chinese and Bulgarian entrepreneurs to seize the opportunity and strive to give a new boost to trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. Xi, who arrived in Sofia on Wednesday, the third leg of his current five-nation European tour, …
Read More »Karadzic trial to start October 26: Yugoslavia tribunal
The war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic, who led Bosnian Serbs into a 1992-1995 war that killed 100,000 people, will start on October 26 in The Hague, judges ordered on Thursday. Karadzic, 64, who has unsuccessfully tried to have the trial delayed and have charges against him dropped, faces life …
Read More »IMF mission arrives in Skopje today
International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission arrives at Skopje on Thursday, Macedonian media informed. IMF’s experts will make analyses all macroeconomic indexes to work out a recommendation report to the Macedonian government. According to Macedonian Financial Ministry it is a regular visit of IMF mission to Skopje.
Read More »Macedonians Celebrate EC Endorsement
People celebrated on the streets of Skopje as news came through Wednesday that the European Commission, EC, had recommended that Macedonia begin EU accession talks. Some paraded in cars through the streets of the capital honking and waving the Macedonian and EU flags. Others gathered in front of the government …
Read More »Serbia May Consider EU Candidacy Application
Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic says that Serbia will consider applying for EU membership unless the EU unblocks the Interim Trade Agreement soon. “If in October and December there is no progress, and the trade deal isn’t applied, the agreement with the EC and our European partners is to review …
Read More »Serbia Pleased With EC Report
Serbia’s premier and foreign minister, Mirko Cvetkovic and Vuk Jeremic, have expressed their satisfaction with the annual European Commission, EC, report on their country’s reform progress. The report states that Serbia has maintained its European orientation and improved cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, despite …
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