Eurasia

Belgrade and Priština support human organ trade investigation

After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Dick Marty’s report on Tuesday both Belgrade and Priština eagerly expect the investigation. Marty also expects the investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo and Albania to begin. Belgrade, however, does not believe that EULEX could deal with it and …

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Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected as PACE president

Turkish lawmaker Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected on Monday (January 24th) as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Thus, Cavusoglu, a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, will head the organisation for another year.

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Greek PM is not optimistic for solving the name dispute between Athens and Skopje

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shown pessimism for solving the Macedonia’s name issue between Athens and Skopje. Papandreou said he expects Macedonia to be named after a geographic definition with wide-usage. In his words Greece supports efforts of UN mediator Matthew Nimitz but

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KFOR troops to be reduced by 50%

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels on Monday that the number of KFOR soldiers troops in Kosovo would be reduced by 50% as of March 1. Reducing the number of soldiers from the current 10,000 to 5,000 will be completed by March 12, Rasmussen announced, stressing that …

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BiH’s EU integration postponed to March

The EU foreign ministers will likely discuss the next steps in BiH’s EU integration process in late February or March, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, announced on last Saturday. The ministers were to debate BiH this month but decided to postpone it until the new …

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