The Republic of Moldova Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment of Romania concluded a cooperation agreement Monday, in Bucharest. The agreement was concluded by the Moldovan Deputy Minister of Economy, Octavian Calmac, and Karoly Borbely, Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Economy.
Read More »EU keeps visa ban hanging over Moldova breakaway leaders
European Union member states on Monday kept the threat of a visa ban hanging over the leaders of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, as they called for talks on the status of the rebel province to resume. Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. …
Read More »France puts breaks on lifting visa regime for citizens of BiH, Albania
France made serious remarks regarding EC report, which read that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalization process. Paris raised the question about the efficiency of BiH and Albania in the fight against corruption
Read More »Montenegro and Serbia agreed on extradition deal
Montenegro and Serbia have reached an agreement on mutual extradition of citizens who have committed acts of organized crime and corruption. The deal also refers to money laundry and crimes against humanity and
Read More »Hague Tribunal President in visit to Serbia
Hague Tribunal President Patrick Robinson is in Belgrade to present a regional project aimed at training judiciaries to prosecute the accused for war crimes. Robinson said at the launch of the project, worth EUR 4mn, that the majority of war crimes will in future be processed by national judiciaries in …
Read More »Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the border-free Schengen may be delayed
The European Commission does not tie the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the border-free Schengen zone with the problems of the Roma minority from the
Read More »Greek President to visit Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece Rahman Mustafayev recently announced that Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2011. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev state
Read More »Bosnia to receive 275 mln from IMF, EU after budget cuts
The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina plans budget cuts to qualify for €214 million in international loans for the ravaged country. The budget cuts will bring down the shortfall to 3.5% of economic output in line with a demand by the International Monetary Fund, which in 2010 agreed to a €1.2 billion …
Read More »Dutch ambassador to Tirana disappointed with Albanian politics
Dutch Ambassador to Tirana Henk Van Del Dool urged political leaders Sunday (September 26th) not to block Albania’s European agenda. The longstanding conflict between the government and the opposition is
Read More »Czech Republic to withdraw troops from Kosovo
Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra stated in Priština on Monday that his country will withdraw 300 of its KFOR soldiers from Kosovo, thus leaving 90 troops.
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