Eurasia

Austria, France and Italy have issued a joint plea to open the EU door to Serbia at a summit next week. In a note Wednesday to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreign ministers from the three

Five Russian strategic bombers have raised alert with the Bulgarian and Turkish Air Forces after flying close by over the Black Sea on Wednesday. The five Russian Tu-22 bombers were detected right

The Greek parliament approved Thursday a law on a historic 107-billion-euro debt writedown with private creditors, a key element in a new eurozone bailout designed to avoid default.

GREEK MPs are debating emergency legislation to approve a massive bond swap that would shave €107bn off the country’s privately held debt. Parliament will vote on the proposed deal, which has already been approved at committee level. The governing coalition controls a strong enough majority to pass the law. The …

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday and meet with senior Serbian officials. Westerwelle will discuss the forthcoming decision of the European Council concerning Serbia’s EU membership candidate status and the dialog between Belgrade and Priština. Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday, where he will meet with …

The Belgrade-Priština dialogue continued Thursday at 10:00 CET. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović has said that he is ready for another day of hard talks. “We will fight till the end to find a solution in the framework of Resolution 1244, the Constitution

Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians

Serbian President Boris Tadić said in Belgrade on Wednesday that he “cannot express optimism” when it comes to Serbia’s chances of being made a candidate for EU membership. The European Union is to announce its decision

Moldova’s Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party are discussing four presidential candidates. According to Prime Minister Vlad Filat

Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon start negotiating about a trade protocol to cushion the effects from Zagreb’s EU entry next year. Bosnian Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Dragisa