Eurasia

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vilnius held bilateral meetings with the British and Georgian foreign ministers. The meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the current state

Kazakhstan and Georgia are very interested in bilateral economic cooperation, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said on Wednesday following a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Karim

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister says his country is pulling out of a pipeline deal to carry Russian oil through his country to Greece. Simeon Dyankov said Wednesday, December 6, the government has

Albania will only be able to move forward towards EU membership when it starts showing more progress on its reform agenda, the Council of Ministers underlined on Tuesday. “Albania has made limited progress in meeting the political criteria for membership

Dialogue between the European Commission and Kosovo on visa liberalisation may start by the beginning of 2012. The European Commission in October pledged to instigate the process by the end of 2011, but this may now be moved to January 2012. In its Progress Report for Kosovo, published in October, …

After the International Court of Justice declared that Greece broke a UN agreement by blocking Macedonia’s membership of NATO, Athens says it will not change its course. Greek leaders have made it clear that Athens does not plan to radically change its policy towards Macedonia as a result of the …

Foreign ministers of the EU member states will hold a debate on EU enlargement on Monday in Brussels. During it, they will formulate a decision on Serbia’s candidacy, and a date for start of the accession talks with Montenegro. The final decision regarding the matter should be reached by EU …

On 1 December, talks between Moldova and the pro-Moscow separatist region of Trans-Dniester concluded in Lithuania with an agreement for more meetings at the beginning of next year. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Audronis Azubalis

The EU decided to launch negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area with Georgia and Moldova in order to boost economic growth and investment with the Eastern European partners. The negotiations will tackle a broad range of trade and economic issues so as to achieve a closer economic …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Sunday at a meeting with the residents of Zugdidi to start construction of a new half-million of the city – Lazika. According to him, this city will become the main trade and economic center of Georgia. “We decided to base the city between Anaklia and …