Eurasia

Over 50 people have gathered for tonight’s protest in the Bulgarian capital Sofia in Orlov Most (Eagles’ Bridge) crossroads. They have lit candles, brought flowers and photos of 36-year-old Plamen Goranov, who self-immolated in front of the

The EU said Monday the latest round of talks it sponsors between Serbia and Kosovo, aimed at defusing tensions in one of Europe’s last trouble-spots, had made good progress and they would meet again later this month. EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton said a sixth series of talks she

Turkish-Greek mutual trade, which reached $6.6 billion in ten years, promises even a larger potential, the prime ministers of the two neighbors believe. Turkey and Greece are set to foster their economic ties further, with both sides pleased at the state of their existing relationship, the prime

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged his Greek counterpart to extend joint efforts to end a dispute over the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus which has been divided between a Turkish north and a Greek south since 1974.

Secretary of State John Kerry has congratulated Bulgaria on behalf of President Barack Obama and the people of the United States, on the occasion of its national day on March 3. In his address, published on the official website of the US Department of State, John Kerry states the following: …

Romania will scale back renewable- power subsidies to limit electricity-price increases for consumers, according to the minister-delegate for energy. The eastern European country plans to make changes to its incentive program in July or at the beginning of next year, Constantin Nita said today in an interview in Bucharest. It …

The Croatian Democratic Union has expelled Jadranka Kosor, the former party president and Prime Minister, following her criticisms of her successor.The five-member high court of honour of the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, unanimously decided to eject Kosor following media interviews and statements deemed detrimental to the HDZ’s reputation. The Zagreb …

Croats will elect their first 12 MEPs on April 14, President Ivo Josipovic announced on Friday.Josipovic has scheduled European parliamentary elections in Croatia under a law which says Croatia should elect European MPs before it joins the European Union on July 1. The country has the right to 12 MPs …

Serbia has massively increased the permitted level of aflatoxins in milk, posing a potential threat to the country’s dairy exports.Serbia has raises the maximum permitted concentration of aflatoxins in milk to 0.5 micrograms per kilo from 0.05 micrograms – a tenfold increase. Goran Knezevic, the Agriculture Minister, said the government …

Opposition MPs interrupted Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Thursday – angered by his decision to permit local authorities in the Serb-run north to form an ‘association’.Liburn Aliu and Visar Ymeri, MPs from the opposition nationalist Self-Determination Movement, went up to podium of parliament holding a banner as Prime Minister Thaci …