Eurasia

Romania will not change its stance regarding recognizing Kosovo “because it is a matter of principle”, Romanian FM Teodor Baconschi said in Bucharest. A unilateral act cannot turn an area into

An almost unanimous assessment of Serbian President Boris Tadić’s first visit to Vukovar is that it is a new page in history of Belgrade and Zagreb. However, what comes next is solving of specific

Georgia said on Friday it has dismantled a major Russian spy ring and arrested 13 suspects, including four Russian citizens, who allegedly fed sensitive military information to Moscow. Interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the suspects, who included Georgian military officers, had been providing secret information on Georgia’s military to …

The European Commission is expected to approve Montenegro’s bid for European Union membership next week, while it is set to reserve its judgement on Albania, the German Press Agency dpa reported after seeing draft papers.

High Representative Valentin Inzko announced on Wednesday (November 3rd) that he has discontinued the vetting of candidates for ministerial posts, effective immediately. The decision was adopted following

Turkey is ready to mediate future talks between Kosovo and Serbia in order to contribute to sustainable peace in the Balkans, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as he kicked off a two-day visit to Kosovo on

Kosovo institutions are asking the EU and the United States to act as observers during the December 12th snap elections. Acting President Jakup Krasniqi addressed a letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, EU

On November 4, Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with the newly appointed Ukrainian ambassador to Armenia Ivan Kukhta. Speaker Abrahamyan voiced confidence that the Ambassador will further

Macedonia is ready to join its energy partners in Russia as a transit nation for the South Stream natural gas pipeline, the country’s prime minister said. Macedonia Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said during a meeting in Kiev that his country was ready to set the stage to host the Russian …

Greek police detected suspect packages at a courier company in Markopoulo, a suburb of the capital, a police official said on Thursday. The number of packages was not revealed. The Greek police is checking them.