Eurasia

Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says he regrets Russia’s announcement that it will open voting booths in Moldova’s separatist Transdniester region for the upcoming Russian elections. Filat said in Prague on November 29 that his government had specifically asked Moscow not to organize polling areas in Transdniester. “This is a …

Austrian Major General Robert Brieger will take over command of the European Union’s military force in Bosnia on December 6, the defence ministry said Friday.

Speaking in Bosnia, Serbian President says he supports right to protest, but only by peaceful methods. Serbs needed to take down their barricades in northern Kosovo, Serbia’s President, Boris Tadic, told

Judicial experts from the region meeting in Belgrade pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organised crime in Southeastern Europe. Regional judicial experts meeting in Serbia at a summit on organized crime in Southeastern

In a bid to end the stalemate over Macedonia’s name, Macedonia is proposing a time-frame to Greece to settle the dispute that is blocking the country’s accession to the EU and NATO. Macedonia is proposing that at the December 9 EU Council

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić asked Tuesday the UN Security Council to ensure that unilateral actions are no longer allowed. The security situation in our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija has been greatly aggravated since the end of the previous reporting period,” Jeremić said.

The European Commission on Tuesday for the first time implied that Montenegro probably would not get a date for the start of the accession talks on December 9. The European Council should make a decision on December 9.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the pain of the Caucasus, said the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the Georgian-Armenian business forum. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan also participated in the forum.

Time is running out for Bosnia to agree on changes to the constitution meeting objections from the European Court of Human Rights. A November 30 deadline is fast approaching for Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement a 2009 European Court of Human Rights decision on eligibility for high office.

Construction on the Bulgaria-Turkey gas interconnection could start as early as next year, Bulgarian Minister for Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov has said. Minister Traikov was speaking after an energy conference in Sofia today.