Eurasia

Macedonia is soon to sign bilateral extradition treaties with Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro, which are expected to halt the practice of individuals abusing their dual citizenship to escape justice. 

Croatia will likely sign the accession treaty with the European Union in the first half of December, according to Vesna Pusic, the chairwoman of the parliamentary National Committee

Serbia’s President Boris Tadić will today pay the first official visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Sarajevo expects a “sincere and friendly talk” and “progress” in all open issues.

The Transnistrian ministry of foreign affairs has resolutely condemned the recent sayings by Romanian President Traian Basescu – that in place of Marshal Ion Antonescu in 1941, he too would have ordered Romanian soldiers to cross the Prut River to participate in the aggression of Hitler’s Germany against the USSR. 

The annual session of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will start on Wednesday in Belgrade. The session has been named “Strengthening the OSCE’s Effectiveness and Efficiency – A new start after the Astana Summit”.

Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Šešelj will enter his plea today on contempt of court charges before the Hague Tribunal. The Hague Tribunal charged Šešelj with contempt for refusing to comply with a court order and remove documents that reveal the names of protected witnesses, who testified

In comments on an ongoing crisis in Turkish Parliament following two opposition parties’ refusal to take their parliamentary oath, the European Commission said the commission is following the situation closely and with concern.

Gravediggers and morgue workers are working overtime this week to prepare a funeral for hundreds of victims of the Srebrenica massacre whose remains were found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis.

Official Tbilisi considers it ‘sad’ that Armenia did not support Georgia during voting for Resolution on Refugees in the UN, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said.

Serbian President Boris Tadic departs on an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. This is Tadic’s first visit to Sarajevo. He will meet with the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Nebojsa Radmanovic, Bakir Izetbegovic and Zeljko Komsic – and with parliament and government officials.