Eurasia

Greece’s budget deficit and debt level in 2009 are both higher than earlier estimates, according to figures published by the European Union (EU) statistical bureau Eurostat on Monday. Greece’s budget deficit ran to 15.4

An International Monetary Fund mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina said that it found “encouraging signs” during a 13-day visit to review the country’s performance and prospects under its stand-by agreement with the IMF.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has sent a letter to the leaders of NATO countries outlining Ankara’s position on deploying elements of the Alliance’s proposed anti-missile defence shield on Turkish territory, sources from

Officials in Pristina have warned that Kosovo citizens might soon start getting passports in Albania in order to be able to travel without visas across the Schengen zone. Outgoing Integrations Minister Besim Beqaj said on

A man was arrested near the town of Banja Luka, RS, on suspicion that he committed genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. The suspect was identified as Dragan Crnogorac.

Serbian government and competent authorities fully strengthened the cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and continuously pay the necessary efforts for detraining of the rest accused. That is what Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said during a meeting with the Chief Prosecutor of the Tribunal, which took place in Belgrade today.

Eight Serbian Parties will take part in the elections in Kosovo. Although the government believes there are no conditions for Serbian participation in Kosovo elections, those who had submitted election registers to the Electoral Commission think that there would be serious voter turnout among the Serbian population.

Greece’s finance minister held talks with officials from the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank on Monday, just as the European Union announced an upward revision of the country’s deficit figures to 15.4 per cent. The delegates were in Athens for a two-week inspection visit of …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will attend the constitutive session of the RS assembly in Banja Luka on Monday. The new president of the Serb republic in Bosnia, Milorad Dodik, will be inaugurated. RS parliament speaker Igor Radojičić, who will be renominated for the post, has said that beside Tadić, a …

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom on Friday, November 12th, congratulated Bosnian officials for their efforts that led to visa liberalisation. After talks with Malmstrom in Sarajevo, BiH Prime Minister Nikola