Eurasia

Croatian FM Vesna Pusić stated that Croatia will support Lithuania’s candidate for President of the United Nations General Assembly. This is because Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremićć

US President Barack Obama on 30 January offered his support for Georgia’s accession to NATO and a possible free trade agreement between the two countries. After hosting his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili in the White House, Obama said at a subsequent press conference: “What we’ve agreed

Bosnia faces many challenges before it can apply for EU membership but the country must not miss its chance, a debate in Sarajevo on Monday heard. Bosnia lags far behind other countries in the region in its efforts to join the European

Adrian Nastase, prime minister from 2000 to 2004, has been sentenced to two years in prison for corruption but is expected to appeal the verdict. Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase on Monday was sentenced to two years in prison for siphoning-off state funds worth around €1.6 million to fund his …

Vojislav Šešelj has filed a request for the Hague Tribunal to pay him damages worth EUR 2mn for violating his basic human right during detention. The leader of the opposition Serb Radical Party (SRS) has been detained at the Hague Tribunal since he

Visiting Moldova’s Prime Minister Vladimir Filat recently had a meeting with Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov in Baku. During the talks, Asadov praised relations between Azerbaijani and Moldova, highlighting the role of the presidents of both countries in development of bilateral ties.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York on Feb. 3. Urgent issues for Georgia will be discussed at the meeting, Georgian Deputy

Greece’s finance minister rejected a German plan for the euro zone to impose a budget overseer on to Athens in return for a new €130-billion bailout, saying it would improperly force his country to choose between “financial assistance” and “national dignity”.

Serbia deserves to obtain the status of EU member state candidate and it should make more efforts to convince the EU countries of that, said European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz said. “I am convinced that most

The long-running trial against Mihajlo Hrastov, former Croatian special forces policemen, restarted today at Croatia’s supreme court, more than 20 years after he was first charged with war crimes. Hrastov was released from prison last year when the constitutional court dismissed his sentence of seven years imprisonment because it had …