Eurasia News

For the first time in its history, Serbia will hold the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, it was decided at OSCE headquarters in Vienna on Friday. 

Greece’s two major unions called on Thursday for a 48-hour walkout over a new package of austerity measures, agreed by Greek political leaders in exchange for a new European Union (EU)/International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, a union official said. According to the program some 15,000 civil servants are to be …

Romania’s new centre-right government on Thursday won a vote of confidence in parliament boycotted by the opposition, after pledging to push for eurozone entry in 2015 and fight corruption.

The United Nations mediator in the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, is to visit both countries this month to examine their commitment to solving the long-standing issue. Nimetz will visit Skopje on February 20-21 to

Serb leaders in northern Kosovo say their preparations for a referendum later this month on the territory’s Albanian-dominated institutions are advancing despite heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Residents of the Serb-dominated north oppose Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence

Batumi will host a two-day meeting of Georgian Central Election Commission’s (CEC) leadership with delegations of representatives of Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries’ election administrations on Feb.9.

The Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will wrap up talks on the first review of the current precautionary arrangement on Thursday. The meeting will not be followed by a press conference, but

Romania’s Parliament is to vote to approve the country’s new government, which the ruling coalition hopes will

After the release in Brussels of a European Commission report containing mixed messages for Bucharest on justice and corruption, Romania insists it will do whatever is required. Romanian officials pledged to continue the fight against corruption and

UN Security Council will discuss UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s report on the situation in Kosovo on Wednesday. EULEX should submit its report on results of the investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo.