Eurasia

Experts from the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (EDCB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Athens Tuesday to audit the cash-strapped Greek government’s finances, the finance ministry said.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has sent Serbia’s request for investigation on the allegations for illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo to the UN Security Council. According to the media, this means that

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić will visit Turkey on Tuesday, where he will take part in two multilateral meetings in Istanbul, the Foreign Ministry stated on Monday. On Tuesday, Jeremić will attend the Fourth United Nations Conference on the

Serbia’s head of council for cooperation with the court, Rasim Ljajić, says he expects “a realistic” report from Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, that will not block Serbia’s EU path. Brammertz is due to submit his regular report to the UN Security Council in June. Ljajić says his optimism was …

Gunther Krichbaum, head of the EU Affairs Committee of the German Bundertag, has declared in Sofia that Germany will back Bulgaria’s Schengen Area accession in the event of a positive EC monitoring report. Krichbaum has thus affirmed the German position of making Bulgaria’s Schengen entry

After describing violations of Bosnia’s Dayton Peace Agreement to UN members, the top international envoy to Bosnia is set to meet US officials to gain support for further action. Speaking before the UN Security Council on Monday, Valentin Inzko, the international High Representative for Bosnia, said that Bosnian Serb officials …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed resolve Sunday (May 8th) to settle all remaining issues between Turkey and the EU. “I believe that difficulties in the frame of our negotiation process with the EU will

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met on Sunday (May 8th) with Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic to discuss the latest details in a report on judicial reforms. The government is to adopt the document Thursday.

The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Veterans Organisation is urging all war veterans not to recognise EULEX’s authority in Kosovo. The organisation issued a press release Sunday (May 8th) telling all veterans not to respond to EULEX’s requests for questioning or to provide statements under any circumstances, even if arrested.

Serbia can and must do more to capture Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said ahead of his trip to Belgrade.