Eurasia News

EC says is ready to support on needed measures for positive decision on Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen entry

Accordint to the first half year report on Schengen activity for Romania and Bulgaria, the European Commission said it is ready to pass any measure that might be requested to ensure that the Council on Justice and Home Affairs will take a positive decision in September. ”Even though, in June …

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German Finance Minister excludes new talks on Greek aid plan

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Wednesday that it was not possible to re-negotiate an international aid plan for Greece. “This is an aid programme that was prepared down to the last detail, we cannot re-negotiate it,” Schaeuble said a day after the Greek political leaders announced that they are …

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Greece to hold elections on June 17

Greece will hold new elections on June 17, after members of parliament couldn’t agree on a coalition government following the last election earlier this month. A court official will be appointed PM of the interim government, but most likely will not influence internationally agreements.

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Armenian ambassador to Georgia met First Deputy FM

On May 15, Armenian ambassador to Georgia Hovhannes Manoukian met with Georgian First Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze. The two discussed the collapse of the Armenian Surb Nshan Church in Tbilisi and launch of the overhaul of Armenian Drama Theater in Tbilisi, as well as bilateral relations.

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Mladic trial started on Hague Tribunal

The prosecution’s opening arguments mark the start of the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, the last trial at the Hague Tribunal. Mladic entered the plea of not guilty to all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica genocide calling the accusations …

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Romania, Moldova to speed up energy projects

On 10 May, Moldova’s President Nicolae Timofti and his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu agreed in Bucharest to accelerate the development of energy projects already established, including Iasi-Ungheni (north-east country) gas pipeline.

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