Eurasia

Georgia and the EU started communication on a visa-free regime on June 4. 8 EU countries voiced on November 2011 the intention to start the negotiations on visa-free regime and free trade with Georgia. The agreement on “Simplification of visa issuance procedures” in a single package with the agreement on …

Cyprus’ central bank chief, Panicos Demetriades, announced that it’s very possible to be in situation to ask for an EU bailout agreement to help rescue its banking sector, adding that “it is hard to see where (the money) is coming from, if not Europe.”

The European Commission adopted on 27 May proposals to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens to travel to Schengen area without visas, if the two countries satisfy a number of requirements. “I know how much visa-free travel means to the people

EULEX will start to exhume a possible mass grave in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo, after two bodies were found  by local residents during construction works. A team of EULEX experts and war

Albanian PM Sali Berisha discussed on Sunday with opposition leader Edi Rama about agreeing on a candidate for president, but failed to reach any positive results. The opposition rejected Zaganjori’s candidature and asked for talks between

Serbian President together with several ministers held a meeting to discuss the latest events between from northern Kosovo between Serbs and NATO peacekeepers. The meeting was held on Friday, right after KFOR started to dismantle the Serb barricades near Zvecan, a Serb-run area in northern Kosovo. Serbia’s Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac, …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Instanbul and discussed regional security and stability. Erdogan pledged support for  Georgia’s aspirations towards NATO, wishing Georgia success on its path. The two sides parties also discussed the current situation and reforms in Georgia, as well as future …

The European Parliament started on Thursday a debate on strategic revision of EULEX’s activity. The revision seeks to reduce the number of EULEX members and to switch the missions focus from police to judicial work. EULEX currently has more than 1,300 international police officers, prosecutors and judges.

Montenegro announced on Thursday that it had decided to open an embassy in Kosovo. The Montenegrin government’s said the decision to open the embassy “confirms that good relations with neighbours and development of regional cooperation represent a lasting goal, stimulating progress in the countries of the region when it comes …

Tomislav Nikolic was sworn in as Serbia’s new president at the inaugural session by taking the oath before members of the Serbian parliament. “I solemnly swear to devote all my efforts to preserve the sovereignty and integrity of the territory of the Republic of Serbia, including Kosovo and Metohija as its …