Eurasia

The Balkans will not become isolated after Croatia joins the EU this July, President Ivo Josipovic has said.Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said the rest of the Western Balkans would not become isolated by Croatia’s EU accession as a consequence of EU enlargement fatigue. “What seems very important to me is …

European foreign ministers will meet to discuss the EU arms embargo on Syria at an informal meeting in Dublin on Friday and Saturday. Arriving at Dublin Castle today, EU foreign ministers reiterated their positions on the question of arming Syria’s rebels.

Jailed leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan called on PKK forces for a cease-fire and withdrawal from Turkey, in a long-awaited, historic announcement during celebrations of Nevruz, a spring festival, in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Thursday.

Serbia’s PM Ivica Dacic met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead on a UN Security Council session on Kosovo on Friday. Dacic informed Ban about the Belgrade-Priština dialogue and said that UNMIK should have a leading role in Kosovo.

The European Union gave Greeks Cyprus till March 25 to raise the billions of euros it needs to secure an international bailout or face a collapse of its financial system that could push it out of the euro currency zone.

On the eve of the spring festival Nowruz in the capital of Croatia has been opened a new office of the Kazakhstan Embassy. Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan is located in the trendy neighborhood Zagrebapo

Greece has begun proceedings to absorb the subsidiaries of three Cyprus banks which are active in Athens, the Greek finance ministry said on Friday. “The procedure for the acquisition of Cypriot banks in Greece by a Greek banking group has begun in cooperation with the Cyprus central bank,” a ministry …

Prime Ministers Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic will anounce a deal on forming an Association of Serbian Municipalities in Kosovo on April 2. According to the plan, 10 Serbian municipalities – four in Serb-run northern

Prime Minister Sali Berisha has slapped down calls for the return of the death penalty, following outrage over a suspected paedophile accused of murdering an 11-year-old.“This case was the act of a monster who killed a child and was prepared to kill another,” Berisha told the cabinet on Wednesday. “A …

The first-ever election campaign for the European Parliament is under way in Croatia before the country joins the EU in July, but voter apathy could mar the landmark vote.The campaign got under way on Thursday, three weeks before the polls scheduled for April 14, but concerns have been raised that …