Eurasia

EU senior officials for foreign policies and enlargement, Catherine Ashton and Stefan Fule, said that the integration of the Western Balkans must be supported. Ashton, who is the EU official for EU foreign and security policies, and Fule, the European Commissioner for policies towards new member-states and cooperation with Eastern …

Serbian President Boris Tadić said that even though a majority of the public won’t support it, the parliament must adopt a resolution condemning the Srebrenica crimes. “Politicians are the ones who must be capable of taking responsibility for such a political decision as well, because the citizens vote for them in …

Deputy foreign ministers of Greece Dimitris Drutsas and Bulgarian Marin Raykov will sign an agreement for the operation of Zlatograd-Termes border chewckpoint. Drutsas and Raikov will sign the document in the building of the Greek Foreign Ministry. Working lunch will follow. In late October 2009 the prime ministers of both …

Exit polls from Croatia’s presidential election run-off suggest that Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic is in the lead. He won December’s vote but failed to secure an outright majority, prompting a second round against challenger Milan Bandic, the mayor of Zagreb.

Instead of partly contra-productive and declarative support for future Western Balkans EU membership, EU should set a time framework for the Western Balkans’ EU entry, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said. He added that the region had took great efforts and made certain progress since the summit in Zagreb and …

A high-profile summit on energy security will be held next week in Batumi, Georgia to discuss energy delivery from the Caspian Basin to world markets. The Jan. 14 summit also was to include discussions of energy security, the development of the South Caucasus energy corridor and other issues of mutual …

In 2010, Azerbaijan will produce over 28 billion cubic meters of gas, the republic will have free volume of fuel for export. Along with the traditional markets of gas sale such as Georgia and Turkey, this year Azerbaijan starts supplying gas to new markets – Russia and Iran. Next week …

Turkey is ready to become full member states of the European Union and does not agree with the possibility of “half-way” accession to EU, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Croatians will choose January 10 (Sunday) their next president in a run-off vote between a law professor from the main opposition Social Democrats and the populist mayor of Zagreb as the winner is expected to lead the country towards the European integration.

The Kosovo government will send EUR 200,000 of aid to Albania to help cope with problems resulting from recent flooding. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said that ’’this is only the start of aid for the brotherly nation and state of Albania.“ Along with the financial help, the government decided …