Eurasia

Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has met his Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov in Ankara. Before meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Gonul said that after Bulgaria’s NATO accession

The European Union should lend Georgia 46 million euros over the next two years to help keep its government solvent, the bloc’s executive said Thursday. The EU first granted financial support in 2009. 

Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg said that talks between Belgrade and Priština “would benefit the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo”, as well as the entire region. The dialogue should resolve technical issues, which would benefit everyone, so that gradual progress could be achieved in “bilateral relations”, Schwarzenberg said recently. Asked about …

EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-fraud and Audit, Algridas Semeta will visit Romania and Bulgaria on 13 and 14 January 2011 respectively. The main objective during his visits will be to discuss the measures fraud and irregularities in EU funds, and to see where the Commission can provide further guidance …

Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic and her Croatian counterpart Drazen Bosnjakovic met on Wednesday in Zagreb. The meeting focused on resuming dialogue and solving outstanding issues regarding war crimes.

The latest International Crisis Group report  released on Tuesday states that EU should take the leading role in BiH this year, allowing the Office of the High Representative to withdraw from domestic politics and focus on reviewing past decisions. 

A joint committee of the Republika Srpska (RS) parliament and the Council of Peoples on Tuesday (January 11th) failed to reach a compromise over a decision by the Bosniak caucus to block the appointment of the

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek has recommended that calls coming from some political entities to organise new general elections this year should be taken seriously. Lunacek suggested officials should review the process for irregularities and implement necessary

The recent arrest of the leader of the outlawed Islamic Party of Azerbaijan is raising questions about the future role of Islam in Azerbaijani politics. Analysts in Baku differ on how much influence the Islamic Party has, but many share the belief that Islam could form the basis for a …

The European Union is urging Bosnian political leaders to speed up the creation the ruling coalition following October 2010 general elections, saying that the adoption of a national census law should be the new government’s top priority. EU officials have repeatedly warned Bosnia that the failure to hold a national …