Eurasia News

The European Commission on November 21 offered more than €200 million in grant assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The funds come from the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) and were decided at a meeting on November 14 in which IPA priorities for 2012 and 2013 were set.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has today received the copies of credentials of new Romanian ambassador in Azerbaijan Daniel Cristian Ciobanu, the ministry said. The new Romanian ambassador at the meeting stressed the great potential to develop bilateral relations in many spheres, particularly in the areas of economy, trade and …

Germany does not plan to make a compromise about Serbia’s European integration. Berlin thinks Serbia has to meet all necessary criteria to obtain an EU candidate country status, despite some countries’ call that Belgrade should be awarded. The German diplomacy expects a resumption of the dialog with Pristina and application …

Turkey offers the EU more than just security, says the president on the eve of his UK visit and the EU minister adds: ‘Today’s Turkey is much better than yesterday’s.’ Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Turkey could offer the EU more than security assistance with its growing energy resources, population

The EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue will continue on Monday in Brussels after a break of some two months, when incidents on the administrative line stopped it. The topics of the talks between Belgrade and Priština today will be university diplomas, representation of Kosovo Albanian authorities in organization, as well as the …

Macedonia is not likely to get a starting date for EU accession negotiations as Greece blocks the move over the unsolved name dispute. According to the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki his country will try to secure a deferred starting date at the upcoming EU Council summit, an idea that …

Turkey has completed construction of a tunnel to Georgian border within Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project. At present, the operations are underway to complete the project on the Turkish territory.

Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre Adam Kobieracki will arrive from Georgia to Azerbaijan on Nov.22, the OSCE Office announced. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial

Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political agreement to build a cross-border gas pipeline, thus declaring the strategic importance of this project to both states, Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on November 19 2011. The move was agreed at a meeting of Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Traicho Traikov

Three ex-Soviet states were Friday to agree the first steps towards creating a Eurasian economic union, a project backed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to bind closer the former USSR.