Eurasia

Slovenia is in favor of giving Serbia an EU talks start date as soon as possible, Serbian and Slovenian FMs Ivan Mrkić and Karl Erjavec have said. Slovenia is convinced Serbia deserves to get a date

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday welcomed the signature of an election and peace-talks accord between the government of Mali and certain rebel groups in the north of the country, notably Tuareg tribes.

The European Union has scrapped a parliamentary visit to Turkey following the Ankara government’s stinging criticism of an EU resolution about the handling of Turkish protests. European parliamentarian Elmar Brok said that visit of the legislative delegation

Georgian Foreign Ministry hopes that Ukraine, chairing the OSCE, will make a “significant contribution” to the resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus, Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze said on Tuesday in Tbilisi at a joint news conference with Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kozhara.

Representative delegation of Ukraine headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Vilkul will visit Georgia on June 24-25, Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze said on Tuesday at a joint briefing

 Greek President Karolos Papoulias has arrived in Belgrade and will hold a series of meetings with Serbian officials on Tuesday. Papoulias met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, and wil

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski called for consensus among the parties with the ruling coalition and the opposition over the European integration of the country. Speaking at the celebrations of the anniversary of the VMRO-DPMNE, PM Gruevski said that the EU

Croatian President Ivo Jospović has said that “Kosovo has also been invited” to the celebrations marking his country’s EU entry. “All neighbors and presidents, including Tomislav Nikolić, are welcome, and those

Russia and the United States agreed at a G8 summit Monday to push for Syria peace talks, even if Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama made clear their deep differences over the conflict. Gathered with other leaders of the world’s top industrialised countries in Northern Ireland, Obama

Two EU top officials said on Monday that the parliamentary elections in Albania on June 23 represent a crucial test for the country’s democratic institutions and its progress towards the European Union. “We continue to monitor closely the preparations of the elections