Eurasia

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged to build a long-delayed mosque in Athens for Muslim residents, noting that failure to provide such a facility for over two decades was a “disgrace”.

High Representative Valentin Inzko urged the international community to remain pro-actively engaged with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). After talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and German Secretary of State Wolf-Ruthart Born in Berlin on Friday (December 10th), he said that BiH needs to improve its decision making and to …

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said it is too early to talk about a possible date for Montenegro’s accession to NATO. In an interview with the daily Pobjeda on Saturday (December 11th), he urged authorities to focus on reforms. Montenegro was invited to join NATO’s membership action plan (MAP) in …

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov and his Greek and Serbian counterparts, Dimitris Droutsas and Vuk Jeremic, have voiced support for the EU integration of Western Balkan countries. The three top diplomats met in Sofia on Saturday (December 11th). Mladenov said that Bulgaria and Greece, as EU members, have the historic …

The Georgian Parliament approved Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Azerbaijan Teimuraz Sharashenidze on Friday. Teimuraz Sharashenidze previously served as consul general to Istanbul, he is a career diplomat. 

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday spoke out strongly against Germany’s idea of sanctions against serial budget sinners, saying it would trigger a referendum in the country.

Conference on South East Europe will begin in Berlin tonight. The organizers point out that “stabilization of the Western Balkans and region’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic structures remains one of the main challenges of common European foreign and security policy”. 

The Ergneti village on the Georgian-Ossetian administrative border will today host a regular meeting under the mechanism to prevent and respond to border incidents today. The representatives of South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, the OSCE and the EU will attend.

Curtea Constituţională din Republica Moldova a admis solicitarea PCRM privind renumărarea voturilor exprimate în scrutinul legislativ din 28 noiembrie, prin urmare, Comisia Electorală Centrală urmează să renumere voturile. Cererea PCRM a fost admisă din cauza incompatibilităţilor dintre datele înscrise în procesele verbale primite de la birourile electorale şi documentele postate …

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has condemned a statement by the Romanian president, in which he vowed to make Moldova part of his country within 25 years. One of Ukraine’s top Foreign Ministry officials, Oleg Voloshin, says this will “only destabilize