Eurasia

The European Union on Wednesday said its team of border guards will remain on Greece’s northeastern frontier with Turkey on a permanent basis in an effort to stop the stream of migrants coming into the bloc. In November, the EU’s border protection agency Frontex sent a 200-member force from 25 …

The verdict in the case of nine former police officers on trial for the1992 illegal deportation of Bosniak civilians from Montenegro will be delivered on March 29th. Both prosecutors and defence attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday (March 1st). The defendants told the court they are not guilty, as …

Opposition Socialist Party (SP) leader Edi Rama said on Tuesday (March 1st) that his party will not boycott the May 8th local elections, but they have some requests aimed at securing a free and fair process. The current

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri, who will head the delegation in talks with Serbia, said on Tuesday (March 1st) that Kosovo will have a constructive and creative spirit in the dialogue, which is expected to start

Delegation of the United Kingdom armed forces, led by British Army Chief of General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, pays Wednesday an official visit to the Macedonian Army (ARM) General Staff, Sitel announced. General Wall is set to meet with host, Chief of ARM Staff, Lieutenant-General Miroslav Stojanovski, who will …

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets Wednesday to protest at belt-tightening economic measures, pressed by Turkey, even though a similar demonstration in January angered Ankara. The protesters flocked to a square in the northern section of Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, forming

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Natalia German denied words of Prime Minister Vlad Filat, that Moldova would be granted a visa-free regime with the EU in 2012. “The action plan for liberalising the visa regime will be fulfilled by the end of 2012. This does …

Parties from the opposing coalition in Macedonia took the stance, that they would not take part in the elections, if voting was not going to be democratic and fair. Leader of the New Alternative party Gjorgji Orovcanec said the opposition would return to Parliament only after Prime Minister Gruevski guaranteed …

The Transnistrian ministry of foreign affairs has laid responsibility for the current stalemate in the negotiations “on those states and international structures, which ignore the principles of equality, of adopting and implementation of mutually-agreed decisions, and of fulfilling precious accords”.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has asked that a credible international investigation be carried out into the trafficking of organs of kidnapped Kosovo Serbs. At the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jeremić