Eurasia

Macedonia should not hope for getting a NATO membership invitation at the upcoming Lisbon summit under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He says the position of the Alliance about Macedonia is clear – the country will join NATO when the …

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has agreed to begin the EU-brokered talks with Serbia before early elections February and despite the current political crisis in Pristina. “The (first) meeting between the two sides

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is to pay an official visit to Macedonia today. He is scheduled to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski. The Macedonian and Montenegrin prime ministers are to sign agreements for cooperation in technology, education and …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is visiting traditional rival Greece for the second time in five months and will hold informal talks with the country’s leadership on ongoing disputes. Erdoğan is attending a Mediterranean conference on climate change and is due to meet later Friday with Greek Prime Minister George …

Kosovo is expected to receive an EU visa liberalisation roadmap this year, European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans Tanja Fajon said on Wednesday (October 20th) in Pristina. Fajon did not rule out November, when Kosovo will also receive the next European Commission (EC) Progress Report, …

The dispute between the European Union and Turkey over Cyprus is damaging military cooperation with NATO and wasting tax-payers’ money, the head of the Alliance said on Thursday. “We fully agreed it is important to remove the remaining obstacles to reach the full potential of cooperation,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said …

Moldova and Turkey may well cancel entry visas some day, it was said at the meeting, which Mihai Capatana, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, held with Ferit Гњlker, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Moldova.

Bavarian Federal and European Affairs Minister Emilia Muller said in Belgrade that Germany will provide all the necessary support to Serbia on its EU path. He added that Berlin is interested in strengthening economic

Preşedintele rus Dmitri Medvedev a declarat meircuri că ţara sa şi NATO au o istorie marcată printr-o neîncredere profundă peste care trebuie să treacă, în timp ce el urmează să se ducă într-o lună la un summit NATO-Rusia la Lisabona. “Relaţiile între Rusia şi NATO au fost întotdeauna dificile, probabil …

The National Assembly of Slovenia ratified unanimously Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU on Wednesday. Today is a big day for Serbian-Slovenian relations, stressed Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, who is currently visiting Slovenia. Previously, the agreement, which Serbia signed in April 2008, was ratified by six …