Eurasia Press & News
Republika Srpska (RS) celebrated Republic Day on Sunday (January 9th), marking 19 years of existence. Entity President Milorad Dodik remarked that RS was created as a result of the will of Serbs in BiH, but is open to all
Read More »Albanian party leader: Macedonia and Albania cannot join EU, NATO separately
“We will either join the EU and NATO together or we will destroy the country together”, leader of the Democratic Union of Integration (DSI) Ali Ahmeti said. “The EU and NATO integration cannot be done separately. It is impossible for us, the Albanians, to join
Read More »European commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom to visit Moldova
European commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will pay a working visit to Chisinau on January 24 in connection with the granting to Moldova of the EU-Moldova Plan of Action for the
Read More »Serbia is ready for Kosovo talks
Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says Belgrade is fully prepared to begin talks with Priština about the situation in Kosovo. He also criticized the Kosovo Albanian authorities for “doing nothing to get
Read More »Moldova’s new cabinet to be announced on January 14
Moldova’s prime minister-designate Vlad Filat will present his cabinet nominations and government programme in parliament on January 14. Filat’s Democrat-Liberals and two other parties – the Democrats and the Liberals – signed a coalition government agreement on
Read More »Georgian FM to visit Azerbaijan
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will pay his first official visit in 2011 to Azerbaijan. The official visit will take place Jan.17-19. Vashadze will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. He is also scheduled to meet the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. During the bilateral meetings, both political and economic …
Read More »Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Djelic says compromise must be made with Kosovo
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Friday (January 7th) that the upcoming dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina could be an opportunity for an historic compromise between Serbs and Kosovo
Read More »Turkish, Greek prime ministers advocate co-operation
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addressed the annual conference of Turkish ambassadors in the eastern city of Erzurum on Friday (January 7th). Participants outlined the challenges and problems affecting
Read More »Kosovo Albanians protest Marty’s report
About 500 Kosovars gathered on Saturday (January 8th) in the southern part of Mitrovica to protest a report by Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty. The demonstration was organised by NGO Rilindia and war
Read More »IMF approves next tranche of Romania’s loan
The IMF approved a 905m-euro instalment to Romania on Friday (January 7th) under the country’s stand-by agreement with the Fund. The tranche should have been disbursed around mid-December but was postponed
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