Eurasia News

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg on Thursday called for the improvement of human rights in areas affected by the 2008 Georgia-Russia conflict. Hammarberg released a report based on his latest visit to Georgia. He remarked the urgent need to release all remaining detainees who were apprehended …

Former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, arrived Wednesday evening in Sofia for the conference “Europe Looks East”, which will bring together international politicians, intellectuals and civil representatives. The two-day forum started on Thursday and

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says he is concerned about the tension caused by KFOR and EULEX actions against organized crime in northern Kosovo. Speaking on Wednesday, he qualified them as psychological and propaganda warfare.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has paid his first official visit to Greek Cyprus, signing several agreements boosting bilateral ties with the Greek Cypriots. Speaking ahead of the talks with Medvedev, Greek Cypriot leader

The European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, said on Wednesday (October 6th) that Kosovo’s EU visa liberalisation “should be discussed without losing any time”. The Austrian representative at

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The opposition Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) on Wednesday (October 6th) called on the State Election Commission (CEC) to repeat elections for the Serb member of BiH’s tripartite

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the European Union must clearly set forth its stance regarding Turkey’s full membership. Speaking at the 14th International Business Forum (IBF) organized by the

The Netherlands will give ‘green light’ for Serbia’s progress on its way to the EU accession depending on the report of Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, said Dutch politician MEP Han ten Broeke, Serbian online edition S Media reports. In …

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs Vasko Naumovski called Greece a ramp, which prevents Western Balkan countries to join EU. He noted that the entire enlargement process shouldn’t be a hostage of one what he called non-European behavior by one of the EU member states.

MEPs have backed proposals to exempt nationals of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania from visas by the end of 2010, agreeing with the European Commission that these two countries meet the required conditions on document security and combating illegal immigration and crime.