Eurasia

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be in New York on January 22 where he will attend a UN Security Council session dedicated to Kosovo. Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will also attend the debate. Tadić will address the Security Council.

Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko face a February 7 runoff in Ukraine’s presidential polls after neither of them was able to secure victory in the first round of voting. With 100% of the ballots counted, Yanukovych garnered 35.32% and Tymoshenko took 25.05%.

The defence of Rasim Delic and the Hague Prosecution are presenting their appeals to the first instance verdict, under which the former Bosnian Army commander was sentenced to three years in prison. “I must tell you that I had confidence in this Court and I supported it with my work,” …

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed Mikhail Zurabov to start his mission as Russian Ambassador to Ukraine on Tuesday. Zurabov was also appointed as the president’s special envoy on trade and economic ties with Kiev. In last August, Medvedev sent a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko saying that …

Leader of the opposition Movement for A Fair Georgia and Georgian ex-premier Zurab Nogaideli will visit Ukraine on Jan. 20. Nogaideli yesterday condemned alleged attempts by Georgian authorities to interfere in Ukrainian internal affairs. “We must not interfere in Ukrainian internal affairs. The next leader of that country is not …

The Border Police Chief Directorate has received information that the protesting Greek farmers are lifting the blockage at the Ilinden border checkpoint between 5.00pm on Tuesday until 11.00 am on Wednesday. Cars will be allowed crossing the border, except for those carrying timber and agriculture production, including meat and dairy …

Council of Europe special rapporteur Dick Marty is visiting Kosovo regarding the alleged crimes of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army in north Albania. Marty arrived in Kosovo on Monday afternoon, that he will stay until Wednesday, and that two investigators have come along with him.

Municipal elections in two Serb-dominated areas in northern Kosovo risk another postponement, Local Government and Administration Minister Sadri Ferati said. He explained that a change of dates may result from challenges posed by Serb parallel structures. Ferati said the plan is to hold elections in the two municipalities – Partesh/Partes …

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has refused to accept the resignation of Rumiana Jeleva as foreign minister. “I wrote “yes” to her request to resign as European Commission designate and “no” to her request to leave the office of foreign minister,” Boyko Borisov said. Borisov hopes that Rumiana Jeleva will …

The commission for studying and assessing the consequences of the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova has to analyze hundreds of thousands of cases stored in different state archives, the commission’s secretary Mihai Tasca said in a news conference on January 18.