Eurasia News

On Monday Brussels and Macedonia start another round of high-level talks (the second), intended to increase the reforms to aid future accession negotiations. In Skopje the EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele will meet the country’s

Albanian President Bamir Topi will not arrive in Ukraine to attend the summit of state leaders of Central and East European countries in Yalta on 11-12 May. Topi said that in this way he expressed his protest against “inhuman treatment” of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who does not …

The NATO chief Friday urged “restraint” this weekend when tens of thousands of Kosovo Serbs with dual citizenship vote in the Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections. “I strongly urge all leaders and all communities to

German Ambassador to Skopje Gudrun Steinacker said that the country’s development does not depend on the membership in the EU and NATO. “Macedonia’s development does not depend on the membership in the EU and NATO. The progress and the reforms may continue even outside these organisations,” she said. She added that Macedonia …

Bosnian FM Zlatko Lagumdzija said he hopes for positive results after NATO summit in Chicago this month. Austrian Minister for European and International Affairs, said in a joint press conference with Slovenian and Bosnian FMs that his country will support Bosnia’s efforts to complete its reforms. Slovenian Foreign Minister, agreed. “Bosnia …

European Parliament President Martin Schulz said that he supports Bulgarian Socialist Party leader and ex PM Sergey Stanishev for the permanent post of President of the Party of European Socialists. The EP head made clear his support for Stanishev’s bid to become

The Serbian police arrested on Friday morning several people who are suspected they have committed war crimes during the Kosovo conflict in the 1990s. The arrests were made in Bujanovac and surrounding villages in south Serbia, an area with predominantly Albanian population. Most of the arrested persons are former members …

Stefan Fule urged on Thursday for talks between the Albanian political parties regarding the election of the new president. “The selection for the office of the president should respect the spirit

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti will make an official visit to Romania today. Timofti will meet with Romanian President Traian Basescu and the chairpersons of the two chambers of the Romanian parliament. This is Timofti’s second visit to a foreign country as president of Moldova and the first to Romania.

Serbian candidate for presidency Tomislav Nikolic said on Wednesday that Serbia should join EU only with Kosovo. “If the EU wants Serbia as its member state, it will not set the conditions that the country cannot meet,” he said.