Eurasia

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Pristina is not likely to give in because it has support of the United States, adding that he believes that Serbia would do anything to get a date for the start of the EU accession negotiations. Even though media and Serbian President …

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Greece Edward Nalbandian and Dimitris Avramopoulos had a meeting in Athens. The two discussed issues related to the bilateral political dialogue, cooperation within international organizations, trade and economic relations, activity of the intergovernmental commission, military cooperation, and the steps towards expansion of cooperation in …

Turkish and Romanian foreign ministers signed a cooperation protocol in the fields of education, culture, youth and sports in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean said this protocol will strengthen the relations between the two countries. “The signing of the action plan for the strategic partnership really excites …

France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius is making effort for a UN vote next month aimed to approve peacekeepers for Mali. The peacekeepers should take the control from French and African forces that are currently fighting Islamic extremists in northern Mali.

Troika and Greek government have disagreements on payment of credit tranches of second rescue package which is 130 billion euro. The disagreements focus on reducing the number of civil servants, extending the payment period of tax

Turkish President Abdullah Gul is currently in Sweden on a formal trip addressed Swedish Parliament where he stated that chapters need to be opened for an effective EU negotiation process. Gul said in reply to Swedish MPs: “As you said earlier, there are rooted reforms are taking place in Turkey. We always …

Romanian Foreign Minister, Titus Corlatean, will make an official two-day visit to Turkey intended to increase the bilateral relations between the two countries. He will visit Ankara on March 13-14, after being invited by his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu. 

France and Britain plan to have a meeting as soon as possible with European Union members to convince them to lift the arms supplying embargo imposed on Syria. The two states are concerned that the two-year-old conflict is destabilizing the region and hope the threat of arming the rebels will …

The United Nations asked governments on Wednesday for support to increase the funds needed to help over one million refugees who have fled from Syria because of war. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres warned of the “enormous threat” that the conflict represents for the entire middle-east region. “I …

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will pay an official visit to Belgrade where she is set to meet Serbian top officials. She will discuss with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.