Eurasia

Members of BiH’s tripartite presidency kick off a two-day visit in Zagreb on Monday (January 31st). Nebojsa Radmanovic, Bakir Izetbegovic and Zeljko Komsic will meet with President Ivo Josipovic, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic. This is the first visit to Croatia by BiH presidency members in …

Republic of Srpska (RS) Constitutional Court is to decide on Monday whether national interest of Bosniaks (Muslims) were threatened. The case relates the election of Aleksandar Džombić as the prime minister of the Bosnian Serb entity. 

The European Union is engaged in talks to reduce Greece’s debt as international monitors fly into Athens this week. There is growing concern that Greece will be unable to end its worst crisis in decades, without a sovereign default. Plans to buy back Greek debt at a discount – a …

European Court of Human Rights will hold today a hearing on Georgia’s suit lodged with the Court’s Registry against the Russian Federation. The case concerns the alleged harassment of

The Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty has stated that the alleged human organ trafficking in Kosovo should be investigated as well as connection of certain Kosovo politicians with organized crime. In his opinion it is necessary full protection of witnesses to be provided.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Kosovo announced yesterday the official results of the parliamentary elections of the state. According to data the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) of the former Prime Minister Hashim Thaci gains 34 MP seats, followed by Democratic Union of Kosovo with 27 MP seats. Third …

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc met with Armenian ambassador Hamlet Gasparyan to discuss Armenian-Romanian relations, specifically programs to strengthen economic and cultural ties. Boc also emphasized the importance of events aimed at preservation of Armenian cultural heritage in Romania. The third meeting of the Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental commission will take place …

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told politicians in Sarajevo on Saturday (January 29th) that his country is ready to help the various communities overcome differences that prevent them from forming a government following general elections in October. The region needs the three constituent peoples in BiH to co-exisit, he said, …

President Traian Basescu on Friday (January 28th) expressed his country’s full support for Croatia’s EU accession. “There should not be any kind of interpretation concerning our position on Croatia’s accession to the EU,” Basescu told Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who was making a one-day official visit to Bucharest.

About 1,500 people gathered in the eastern town of Vukovar on Saturday (January 29th) to protest the arrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) of a Croat war