Eurasia

Croatia on Tuesday charged five former members of the military with torturing Serb prisoners of war at the start of the conflict that led to the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The five men — a commander and his four subordinates

The European Union should approve Serbia as a candidate to the bloc at its December summit, the head of the European parliament said Tuesday. “In December we should decide on Serbia as a candidate country to give them a signal that we are

The problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be resolved inside the country, said Serbian President Boris Tadic on the occasion of the anniversary of signing Dayton Agreement. According to Tadic the problems should be resolved in accordance with the Dayton Agreement, which brought peace and rule of law in Bosnia …

Macedonia launched a lobbying campaign in the EU, aiming at receiving a date for starting the EU accession talks. Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski has sent a letter to his EU counterparts asking them to be upright and not to follow the practice set by Athens. According to Popovski, the EU …

The latest round of the Belgrade-Priština dialog should be continued in Brussels on Tuesday, with talks on administrative line crossing in northern Kosovo. On the first day of the new round of talks yesterday, Belgrade and Priština reached an

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says Serbia should not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo “even if this means not joining the EU”. “If the price is for Serbia to give up Kosovo to gain membership

Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca says Moscow is increasingly open to a “more intense dialogue” with Chisinau over the breakaway region of Transdniester. Leanca said on November 21 that Moldovan officials will ask Russian Foreign Minister

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will arrive in Georgia for a two-day visit on Nov. 29. Mr Sargsyan had planned to visit Georgia on Nov.1-3, but the visit was postponed. The visit was postponed due to an offensive remark made by Mr Saakashvili when he unflatteringly spoke of the work of …

The European Commission on November 21 offered more than €200 million in grant assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The funds come from the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) and were decided at a meeting on November 14 in which IPA priorities for 2012 and 2013 were set.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has today received the copies of credentials of new Romanian ambassador in Azerbaijan Daniel Cristian Ciobanu, the ministry said. The new Romanian ambassador at the meeting stressed the great potential to develop bilateral relations in many spheres, particularly in the areas of economy, trade and …