Eurasia News

EU rule of law mission responds to its critics with a TV add, saying the fight against organized crime deserves more support.The EU’s rule of law mission in Kosovo has launched a media campaign to challenge critics who say it is doing too little to curb high-level corruption in the …

Ten Macedonian elementary and high schools have joined a project run by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, which aims to unite children of different ethnic backgrounds.

Head of public television has to resign after parliament’s hostile scrutiny of last year’s activity report for TVR.

Democratic Party candidate Dragan Djilas has started his second term as mayor of Belgrade after 63 of the 110 members of the City Assembly voted for him. “We will continue to do what we have been doing so far, which is continue our fight for a better Belgrade,” Djilas said …

Head of Macedonia’s main ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, says a solution to the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece may be nearer in 2013, when both countries have elections out of the way.

EULEX’s Department of Forensic Medicine exhumed three bodies in Fushe-Kosovo on Tuesday, which are suspected to be victims of the Kosovo war.EU Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo, EULEX, forensics team exhumed the remains of three unidentified people on Tuesday, from the cemetery in Fushe-Kosovo, who were buried immediately after …

Over-complicated red tape and the long time needed for completing paperwork are key reasons why people do not invest more in Bosnia, a conference on investment in Sarajevo heard on Tuesday. Other serious problems are transport and the culture of graft, as the country has a poor reputation for corruption …

Macedonia’s economy faces a prolonged period of danger from the crisis affecting the eurozone but macroeconomic stability and the stability of the currency, the Denar, are not shaken, the Central Bank says.

Soskic said that the government should be formed quickly and get a positive review from the IMF because that will encourage new investors. Due to the size of the country, Soskic highlighted the necessity for Serbia to constantly demonstrate its macroeconomic security and encouraged the government to introduce reform measures.

Montenegro and Croatia signed a partnership agreement, concluding the meeting on the optimistic note that regional co-operation will improve once the post-election atmosphere in Serbia “calms down“.