Eurasia

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Croatia on Monday in what will be the first stop on her tour of several Balkan states. Merkel is later expected to travel on to Belgrade and Podgorica, the capitals of Serbia and Montenegro respectively. Merkel’s message is likely to emphasize the fact that …

Serbs, who have been at barricades near the village of Rudare since July 25, are monitoring the roads leading toward the Brnjak and Jarinje crossings. It is peaceful, but uncertainty and tension are the words that best describe the situation in north Kosovo.

Ohrid Framework Agreement achieved its goal and brought back the peace, creating opportunities for everyone to take part in the establishment of the political and public life, while the Constitution does not allow any discrimination of the ethnic communities, says Musa Xhaferi, Deputy Prime Minister in the Macedonian government in …

US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on Thursday about the violence in Syria. “The two leaders underscored the urgency of the situation, reiterated their deep concern about the Syrian government’s use of violence against civilians and their belief that the Syrian people’s legitimate demands …

EULEX Head Xavier Bout de Marnhac stated on Thursday that the EULEX mission had stepped up police patrols in north Kosovo. He added that EULEX had opened investigations into fire at the Jarinje administrative checkpoint, murder of members

UN Security Council debate on Kosovo could be postponed due to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s two day visit to Serbia. The UN Security Council session will not be held on August 24 and it will probably be held a week later. 

A junior partner in Moldova’s coalition government says it is ready to accept a castling between acting President Marian Lupu and Prime Minister Vlad Filat as a way out of the country’s prolonged political deadlock. That proposed change to the coalition agreement by the Liberal Party would entail its leader, …

A Serbian minister has criticized the European Union, claiming it has “double standards” and alleging it is moving the goalposts for Serbia regarding consideration for EU membership. Rasim Ljajic, Serbian Labour and Social Affairs Minister, claimed that the EU’s decision to make Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal of …

One of the four municipality mayors in northern Kosovo expected to decide on the removal of barricades near the border has told press he won’t authorise this. Krstimir Pantic, the mayor of Mitrovica, said that Serbs would remain at the barricade near the village of Rudare until their requests had …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit EU’s next member Croatia on August 22. Croatia successfully ended its negotiations with the EU and is ready to sign the adhesion treaty and start the process of ratification among member states. Croatia closed accession talks with the European Union which started in 2005 …