US Vice President Joe Biden sided firmly on 11 March with Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat and his reform plan. He called for the resumption of negotiations with secessionists seeking to break part of Moldova away and align with Russia.
Read More »Georgia says ready to continue WTO talks with Russia
Georgia’s deputy foreign minister dismissed on Monday Russian media rumors that Georgia has broken off talks on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. “Negotiations are in process and their continuation is in our best interests,” Nino Kalandadze said.
Read More »Turkey, Greece closely monitoring situation in Libya
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a phone conversation on Saturday (March 19th) with his US and British counterparts, Hillary Clinton and William Hague, to discuss recent developments in Libya. NATO member Turkey is following closely the situation and will make the “necessary and appropriate” contribution to the operation, the Foreign …
Read More »Croat parties won’t recognise new BiH Federation president
Outgoing Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) President Borjana Kristo said on Friday (March, 18th) that she will not hand over her duties to newly elected President Zivko Budimir. He was elected in violation of the constitution and laws, Kristo said, requesting that the Constitutional Court comment on the issue.
Read More »Kosovo police take over border with Macedonia
Kosovo border police assumed complete control over the country’s border with Macedonia on Saturday (March 19th) after KFOR withdrew from the last sector of the boundary. The ceremony was attended by KFOR Commander General Erhard Buhler, representatives of Kosovo government and EULEX. Kosovo border police took over control over a …
Read More »NATO Secretary General on South Caucasus: 2011 is significant for Georgia’s European path
NATO Secretary General on South Caucasus, James Appathurai, said that Georgia needs to continue implementing necessary reforms, in particular democratic reforms to advance its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 2011 is an important year in this regard and Allies will follow carefully the developments in Georgia. They will also continue assisting these reforms …
Read More »Bulgaria will not participate in direct military action in Libya
Bulgaria cannot commit to taking part in direct military action against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi authorised by the UN, the country’s foreign minister has said. “Bulgaria is going to comply fully with the UN Security Council resolution adopted last night. This morning I started the process of …
Read More »Bulgarian President to visit Croatia
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay an official visit to Croatia on 21 March 2011 at the invitation of his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic. The two presidents will discuss trade and economic exchange and investments. They will
Read More »Bulgarian PM meets Montenegrin FM
Bulgarian Prime Minister met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen, who is on an official visit to Sofia at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Mladenov. The two have discussed the good political dialog
Read More »Stefan Fule to visit Serbia on March 29
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Belgrade on March 29. He will have talks with the country’s top officials. The visit pertains to the ongoing process of reviewing Serbia’s answers to the EC questionnaire. To that end, EC expert missions have been visiting Belgrade since late February.
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