Eurasia

After months of wrangling, the government and the opposition have agreed to establish a parliamentary commission to investigate the disputed 2009 general elections. The ruling Democratic Party’s Astrit Patozi and the opposition Socialist Party’s (SP) Gramoz Ruci met on Wednesday (July 14th) and agreed that the SP will lead the …

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says it was Serbian President Boris Tadić who set his own protocol for his recent visit to that country. Vujanović explained that Tadić requested to confer only with Montenegrin president and prime minister.

Former Serbian legal team leader Tibor Varadi said that the ICJ would give its opinion on Kosovo by July 27 at the latest. He told Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti that the “latest speculation” indicated the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Kosovo Albanians’ unilaterally

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will travel to Slovenia on a formal visit on Wednesday. President’s Press Office released a statement and said Gul’s visit takes place in July 14-15, upon an invitation of Slovenian President Danilo Turk.

Latvian President Valdis Zatlers will visit Macedonia on Wednesday, July 14, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov’s Cabinet said. During the visit, the defense ministries of Macedonia and Latvia are expected to sign a Memorandum of

Constitutional Courts of Azerbaijan and Moldova on Wednesday signed a memorandum of cooperation. The document was signed during Moldova’s constitutional court head’s visit to Azerbaijan. The memorandum was signed by chairmen of Azerbaijani and Moldovanian constitutional courts Farhad Abdullayev and Dumitru Pulbere.

The Turkish Coast Guard’s TCSG-122 ship will arrive in Georgian territorial waters July 14. The ship will sail to Georgia under a military cooperation plan between the Turkish General Staff and the Georgian Border Police.

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said here on Tuesday that his country supports the establishing of an independent Palestinian state, and will continue to keep good relations with Israel. “I had once again the opportunity to emphasize that fair and lasting solution of the Middle East peace process

One of Bulgaria’s right-wing nationalist parties, VMRO, said that it would ask Parliament to debate whether the country should hold a referendum on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, after the party claimed to have gathered 300 000 signatures from Bulgarian citizens calling for a referendum.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will be awarded visa liberalisation with the EU by the end of this year, but the situation in Albania is more complicated, MEP Eduard Kukan has said, adding that Kosovo’s negotiations for visa liberalisation can begin despite existing issues.