Eurasia

„…orice stat este în drept, prin organul său suprem care este Parlamentul, să adopte orice lege. Comisia de la Veneţia nu poate submina activitatea Parlamentului… Ei ne ajută şi noi le suntem recunoscători…” (Mihai Ghimpu, preşedinte interimar al RM) Întrebarea hamletiană a guvernării de la Chişinău rămâne aceeaşi: modificarea Constituţiei …

Romania’s newly-appointed ambassador in Moldova Marius Lazurca will arrive in Chisinau the next month, according to foreign minister’s spokesman Valeriu Turea. On 9th February, his candidature to become Romania’s ambassador in Moldova was approved by parliamentary foreign policy committees.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg arrived in Georgia on a three-day visit Feb.26. During his visit Hammarberg will visit Tskhinvali, as well as meet with representatives of the Georgian authorities and partner international organizations, the Council of Europe’s representative office in Tbilisi reported. The commissioner will …

UN special envoy in name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz begins his visit to Athens, where he will meet with Greek authorities and discuss name issue under UN auspices. UN mediator Nimetz is slated to meet with Greece’s Alternative Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas. UN mediator Nimetz meet with …

Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu is ready to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadic. We will meet only if the meeting is set on an international level and we don’t discuss Kosovo’s status, President Sejdiu said in a statement. He said that everybody should contribute to decrease tensions in the region, …

Following talks in Sofia on February 26 2010, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Emil Boc were scheduled to travel to Vidin to inspect progress on Danube Bridge 2. During Boc’s visit, memorandums of understanding were to signed on the 2007-2013 cross border co-operation programme and on …

Yves de Kermabon, the head of the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, will visit Belgrade from March 2-3 to discuss the judicial system in the north of Kosovo. Kermabon will meet Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanovic and other Serbian officials.

The trial of General Zdravko Tolimir, accused of crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995, will begin today in The Hague with the Prosecution’s opening statement, Tolimir will represent himself during the trial, despite Chamber warnings that this may be difficult for him.

The opposition Socialist Party (SP) announced on Wednesday (February 24th) that its members are returning to parliament Thursday after nearly six months of boycott. “This is a step we take to show that we don’t aim to prevent reforms, and give the majority a chance to resolve the political crisis,” …

Greek CypriotPresident Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met on Wednesday (February 24th) to continue intensified talks on reunifying the divided island, focusing this time on the economy. Alexander Downer, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’ special adviser for Cyprus, says they will meet again on Friday.