Eurasia

On September 8 Macedonia marks Independence Day, Macedonian media report. On this day 19 years ago Macedonia organized a referendum on which citizens backed the independence of their country. There will be many events to mark the Independence Day in Macedonia. September 9 is declared a national holiday and a …

In a lecture hosted by the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, Turkish Ambassador to Sofia Mehmet Gucuk reiterated Ankara’s demand for Bulgarian backing in its bid to join the European

Georgia is ready to begin talks with Russia at any time on any issue and without any preconditions, Gerogian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a briefing with his Estonian Counterpart Urmas Paet yesterday. The Estonian FM is on a short visit to Georgia. Replying to journalists’ question that how …

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Bulgaria by the end of the year, outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Gucuk announced Tuesday. The  Ambassador  delivered a lecture in the Sofia Sheraton Hotel dedicated to

Bulgarian and Romanian government representatives met yesterday in Bucharest and reached agreements on a number of joint energy pursuits the Romanian Ministry of Economy announced.

The European Parliament’s (EP) foreign affairs committee adopted a draft report Monday (September 6th) that recommends lifting the EU visa regime for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The document passed

Albania’s President Bamir Topi signed a decree Monday (September 6th) setting May 8th 2011 as the date for local elections. The move came only two days before the deadline to issue the

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor reiterated on Monday (September 6th) the government’s position that it will not resort to assistance from the IMF in bringing public finances under

Moldovan PM Vladimir Filat hopes that early parliamentary election may take place already on upcoming November 14. The LDPM leadership held an extraordinary meeting today to discuss the new situation and a

Serbian President Boris Tadić is meeting in Brussels with EU with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on Tuesday.