Eurasia

Moldova has decided to withdraw the licence of a pro-communist TV station for biased reporting, it was announced on Friday. The station has often criticised the ruling coalition, which is pro-Western and came to power in 2009 after winning the elections against the Communists. NIT said it wants to appeal …

Japan’s PM Yoshikiko Noda told Bulgarian Parliamentary Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva that his country wishes to improve business activity in Bulgaria if the business climate gets better. Tsetska Tsacheva stressed that Bulgaria will make efforts to improve bilateral relations in fields such as business and tourism. Noda said further that a …

Macedonia’s ruling coalition submitted a draft of the new Lustration law on Tuesday to the parliament which aims to dismiss ex-police informants from public offices. This comes after the Constitutional Court scrapped in late March the twelve controversial provisions of the existing law, which narrowed its scope.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated on Monday that “the only realistic solution” for Kosovo was “demarcation of the territory”. Dačić, who heads the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and is running in the presidential election, added that “no one except from him” talked about essential …

The leaders of Moldova and its breakaway republic of Transdnestr on Friday agreed to restore rail traffic. The deal was signed by Transdnestr President Yevgeny Shevchuk and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat.

Romania expects to reach an agreement with Bulgaria in their dispute over 17 square km of their economic zones in the Black Sea, Romanian Foreign Minister Crisian Diaconescu has announced. Diaconescu declared Friday that the dispute between Bulgaria

A home-made firebomb exploded in the early hours of Monday in Athens in front of a building housing offices of Greece’s administrative reform ministry. The explosion at 13:52 in front of the

On 5 April, Greek Prime Minister Loucas Papademos condemned Turkish threats against Cyprus’ sovereign right to explore and exploit its hydrocarbon reserves in its Exclusive Economic Zone.

To mark 20 years since the start siege, it was announced in Bosnia that the Sarajevo Siege Museum will be built in the next two years. At a press conference on Thursday, the “Virtual FAMA collection – The Siege of Sarajevo” and “The Sarajevo Siege Museum – The Art of …

Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dačić has said that the latest couple of incidents in Kosovo show a lack of will in Priština to solve the problem peacefully. “The latest incidents in Kosovo are an indicator how they see Serbs from Kosovo. That’s savageness and if the EU believes that this …