Eurasia

Austrian President Heinz Fischer will visit Belgrade on Friday, where he will meet with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic. Tadic said that this visit is a confirmation of the good

Newly elected President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti will be sworn in on Friday in Chisinau. Around 500 guests are expected to participate on the inauguration. Foreign presidents and representatives of the opposition Communist Party led by former President Vladimir Voronin will not attend. After the ceremony ends, a state reception will …

Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze met with the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort at the Ministry. The two discussed important issues from the agenda of the Geneva negotiations and in particular the situation in the occupied territories …

“Montenegro is in principle close to opening accession negotiations. Now it needs to run this final straight towards this very ambitious goal,” President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Baroso announced. However, he stressed that significant work remains to be done. 

Shemsi Nuhiu has been extradited to Belgrade on Wednesday night. In cooperation with Serbian special police, the Swiss government transferred Nuhiu by regular flight Zurich- Belgrade, after which he was taken to the state prison.

President of the Economic and Social Council (E.S.C.) of Greece said that Greece is ready to extend assistance to

Macedonia has lifted visas for Russian citizens regarding a stay of 90 days within six months. According to the Russian ambassador to Skopje Oleg Shcherbak the move will improve business and humanitarian contacts. At the same time the issue of removing visas for Macedonians staying in Russia was raised.

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs Teuta Arifi is to visit Kosovo on Thursday. Arifi is to meet with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri and Minister of European Integration Vlora Citaku.

Romania has no territorial claims towards Bulgaria, according to Romanian Ambassador in Sofia, Anton Pacuretu. Pacuretu’s explanation came after the remarks of Romanian

Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots are pushing to finish negotiations on Cypriot reunification by July 1 when Greek Cyprus is set to take over the EU Presidency amid growing speculation that the United Nations will propose continued talks after the date.