Eurasia

Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom is likely to replace Bulgaria with Romania in the South Stream pipeline network. This may come since Bulgaria halted the other two joint energy projects with Russia. The change in Gazprom’s policy came after Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced that the country would not move

Romania si Statele Unite ale Americii vor incepe joi, la Bucuresti, negocierilor bilaterale privind cadrul juridic necesar participarii tarii noastre la sistemul de aparare antiracheta. Astfel, in perioada 17-18 iunie, in Romania, va sosi o delegatie americane condusa de Ellen Tauscher, subsecretarul de stat pentru controlul armamentelor si securitate internationala. …

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Bakonski today will visit Serbia for the first time since his appointment last December. During a one-day working visit, Bakonski will meet with his host Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi’ and is also expected to meet with other Serbian officials. Romania is one of the five …

Today, the European Union and Georgia signed a visa facilitation agreement with Georgia, opening the way for easier travel and people-to-people contact across Europe. The signature of the readmission agreement negotiated between the European Union and Georgia in parallel will be organised very soon.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele urged the bloc on Tuesday (June 15th) to take further steps regarding Serbia’s bid. Belgrade submitted its formal EU membership application in late December. The European Commission (EC) is now awaiting a formal request from the Council of the EU to begin assessing the candidacy.

Romania’s centrist coalition government on Tuesday survived a no-confidence vote in parliament that was raised by the opposition over plans to adopt drastic measures to cut spending.

Relations between Bulgaria and Russia are excellent, based on extensive mutual co-operation, and not exclusively on one particular energy project, according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, speaking after his regular Cabinet meeting on June 16 2010.

The European Commission initiated a procedure for excessive budget deficit against Cyprus, Finland, and Denmark. This makes Luxembourg the only eurozone country without a procedure for excessive budget deficit against it. The EU financial ministers will have a summit on July 13, when they will decide the austerity measures, which …

Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski will leave for Brussels on a two-day official visit. Gruevski will have meetings with European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle and leaders of the European People’s Party. It is possible that Gruevski to meet his Greek counterpart – Georgios Papandreou, who is also in Brussels. The …

SARAJEVO Institucije BiH do utorka nisu zvanično obaviještene o hapšenju bh. državljanina Mirsada Salkića u Srbiji, zbog čega je istog dana Ministarstvu spoljnih poslova Srbije upućena protestna nota iz Ambasade BiH u Beogradu. Salkić je uhapšen u subotu na osnovu potjernice nekadašnjeg Vojnog tužilaštva Srbije, koje ga tereti za krađu …