Eurasia

Bulgaria supports Macedonia to join EU, NATO

Bulgaria supports and will keep on doing this for Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union and NATO, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said here Monday after meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski. At a joint press conference, the Bulgarian prime minister also pointed out that the support …

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EU, Russia hope for new start despite differences

The European Union and Russia hope to lay the foundations of a new economic and political partnership at a summit on Wednesday despite differences over energy, trade, human rights and climate change. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the EU’s Swedish presidency will seek to rebuild trust shattered during Russia’s war …

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Kosovo CEC confirms local election victory of Hashim Thaci’s party

The governing Democratic Party of Kosovo headed by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci wins the 15 November local elections. Meanwhile, the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo has considerably strengthened its positions, Kosovo’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced. The candidates of the Democratic Party of Kosovo win the mayoral elections …

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Merkel: Germany Supports Serbia’s EU Integration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that Germany explicitly supports Serbia’s EU integration. After meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic on Monday in Berlin, Merkel said “Germany believes that Serbia has fulfilled the conditions for entry into force of the Interim Trade Agreement with the European Union.”

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Member of Bosnian Presidency Slams Serbia

Haris Silajdzic, the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, slammed Serbia over claims that they were the guarantors of the Dayton peace agreement which ended Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. “The Dayton agreement does not need any guarantors. Serbia was only a signatory to the agreement because of its role …

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Up coming EU term president Spain pledges to work to make Turkey’s EU accession irreversible

Meeting with his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos in Cordoba over the weekend, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey is very optimistic about Spain’s upcoming six-month European Union term presidency starting on Jan. 1. Stating that Turkey and Spain have strategic relations, Davutoglu said that during their meeting they discussed …

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