Eurasia

Romania’s new centre-left government headed by Victor Ponta on Monday won a vote of confidence in parliament, pledging to pursue reforms while seeking to correct social imbalances. The cabinet will be sworn in later in the day during a ceremony at the presidential palace.

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti during the visit to Romania that Moldova could join the EU in the next 7 or 8 years. He noted that the EU integration needs procedures, which require time. Timofti expressed hope that Moldova would meet all the conditions for the EU membership. “To join the …

Serbia’s incumbent president Boris Tadic and opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic will contest the second round of presidential elections. Preliminary estimates based on votes

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president on Monday. This is Putin’s third term in office. “We are entering a new stage of national development,” Putin

The European Commission said on Monday that the next Greek government should respect the rescue agreements after the rise of anti-bailout parties at weekend elections. ‘The Commission hopes and expects that the future government of Greece will respect the engagements that Greece has entered into,’ commission spokesman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen …

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Bosnia’s internal stability is has a direct impact on the peace and stability of the Balkans. On Friday in Sarajevo, Davutoglu stated during a joint press conference

On Monday Brussels and Macedonia start another round of high-level talks (the second), intended to increase the reforms to aid future accession negotiations. In Skopje the EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele will meet the country’s

Albanian President Bamir Topi will not arrive in Ukraine to attend the summit of state leaders of Central and East European countries in Yalta on 11-12 May. Topi said that in this way he expressed his protest against “inhuman treatment” of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who does not …

The NATO chief Friday urged “restraint” this weekend when tens of thousands of Kosovo Serbs with dual citizenship vote in the Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections. “I strongly urge all leaders and all communities to

German Ambassador to Skopje Gudrun Steinacker said that the country’s development does not depend on the membership in the EU and NATO. “Macedonia’s development does not depend on the membership in the EU and NATO. The progress and the reforms may continue even outside these organisations,” she said. She added that Macedonia …