Eurasia

Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader will be extradited from Austria back to his homeland on Monday to face corruption charges. Sanader, who led the Croatian government from 2003 to 2009, is expected to leave Austria via its border with Slovenia

The leaders of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia expressed a need for maximum cooperation and mutual support in the process of European integration on Monday. 

Ministrul de externe Teodor Baconschi a avut, luni, la Bruxelles, o întrevedere cu omologul său ucrainean, Konstatin Grişcenko, căruia i-a solicitat identificarea unor măsuri de creştere a încrederii între Bucureşti şi Kiev

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s territorial integrity and the look-out for ways of functioning of the central power in Sarajevo will be the major topics for discussion at the meeting of the presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be held at the Croatian Brioni resort on Monday. The …

Bulgaria will enter the Schengen Agreement, but its accession to the European border-free zone is not its highest prioriry right now, according to the country’s EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva.

The European Commission (EC) is working out its position on Serbia’s candidacy for EU membership. It is expected for the EC to give a positive evaluation for the country and make a recommendation for launching the accession talks. However, it is possible that Serbia will not become a EU member …

Turkish Foreign Minister Recep Tayyip Davutoğlu warned on Wednesday that Turkey will not recognize Greek Cyprus’ presidency of the European Union, which it will assume in the middle of 2012, unless a deal to reunify the divided island is reached by that time.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited Istanbul Saturday at the invitation of Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two officials discussed about political and economic relations between the two countries.

German Ambassador in Priština Hans-Dieter Steinbach has said his country “supports Kosovo’s and Serbia’s accession into the EU as two separate countries”. He added that Serbia will be asked to recognize Kosovo during its EU integration.

Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu has accused his Greek Cypriot partners of foot-dragging in peace talks on the divided island but said progress can still be achieved by an October deadline set by the United Nations.