Eurasia Press & News
On the last stop of his Balkans tour, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg visited Kosovo and met with President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Steinberg praised the Kosovo government for the most recent municipal elections, claiming that such elections signal the building of an inclusive …
Read More »Papandreou: Greece may use aid package
Prime Minister George Papandreou said that Greece may have to use a proposed EU-IMF financial aid package. On last Sunday, Papandreou said resorting to the mechanism is not his country’s ” first option ” , but it may be needed. ” The question remains whether this mechanism will convince markets …
Read More »Bulgaria gives up eurozone application for now
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced Friday (April 9th) that Bulgaria will give up its eurozone application for the time being due to its current inability to meet the European Monetary Union criteria. Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov said that the country will voluntarily revise its 2008 and 2009 budget deficits. The …
Read More »EC will not monitor Montenegro’s local elections
The European Commission (EC) will not send a special mission to monitor the upcoming local election in Montenegro, the head of the EC delegation in Podgorica, Leopold Maurer, said on Friday (April 9th). The comment came after a request of the opposition Movement for Changes (PzP), which earlier asked the …
Read More »7 aprilie – „un pogrom”, iar Basarabia – „un lagăr de concentrare”
„Politica este arta de a-i face pe oameni să creadă” (Machiavelli) Disputele care există la Chişinău în legătură cu semnificaţia zilei de 7 aprilie trebuie aşezate pe ecranul mai larg al bătăliei pentru simboluri care a marcat istoria RM de la constituirea ei recentă până astăzi. Bătălia pentru simboluri Confruntarea …
Read More »Council of Europe committee to visit Georgia
Rapporteurs of the Council of Europe Monitoring Committee Matyas Eorsi and David Wilshire will pay a working visit to Georgia April 11. They will meet Special Representative of the Council of Europe’s Secretary General Boris Vodz.
Read More »Austria’s foreign minister coming to Moldova friday
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger will pay a working visit to Chisinau on April 9 on the invitation of his Moldovan colleague – Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca. The diplomats will discuss bilateral relations and possibilities of providing assistance by Austria to …
Read More »Slovakia won’t recognize Kosovo
Slovakia will not change its stand on recognition of Kosovo, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak has told Kosovo Albanian officials. “We will not recognize it (Kosovo) and this remains our stand,” Lajčak said after a meeting with Skender Hyseni, appointed by the government in Priština as its foreign minister, late …
Read More »Visa lifting unlikely for Bosnians in June
Bosnia will not get on the white Schengen list in July, experts of the EU and Bosnia working on the visa regime liberalization have agreed. Tanja Fajon, European Parliament rapporteur on visa liberalization in the Western Balkans, confirmed that visa liberalization is
Read More »Austria to join South Stream
Russia’s Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko says Austria will join the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline project in April. Russian news agencies are quoting Shmatko as saying Thursday that this would be the final deal before construction begins later this year.
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