Eurasia News

The South Caucasus republic of Georgia has taken Russia to court over the brief war the two countries fought in August 2008. Georgia on Thursday lodged a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Russian

Bulgaria will try to persuade the Netherlands and Finland to change their opposition to Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the Schengen visa zone, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) on September 22 2011.

The European Union warned Bosnia on Thursday it could lose almost 100 million euros (135 million dollars) of the bloc’s funds for 2011 due to internal political disputes and gave it a few days to agree over the issue. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele “regrets that Bosnia-Hercegovina is the

Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Dimosthenis Stoidis voiced expectation Thursday that Serbia will become an EU candidate country in December. The ambassador underlined that Greece fully backed Serbia’s EU integration.

The plan which was unanimously adopted at the UN Security Council session in 2008 contains six points that refer to the dialogue with Belgrade. The six points refer to police, customs, judiciary, transportation

Belgrade negotiating team head Borislav Stefanović said late Wednesday the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština would not stop. He added, however, that it was unlikely the next round of talks would be held on September 28.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held an informal meeting with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly session

Former Transport Minister Fatmir Limaj handed himself in to District Court of Pristina at a detention hearing at on Thursday. An international judge is soon to decide whether the EULEX arrest warrant for Limaj is to be executed.

Mission to close down by the middle of next year; functions to be handed to EU delegation in Sarajevo. The member states of the European Union have decided to close its 300-member police mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) by the middle of next year. The decision, which has not …

The Netherlands and Finland have vetoed the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the visa-free Schengen Area at the meeting of the EU Interior Ministers in Brussels today.