Eurasia

The EU will almost certainly not extend a start date for Macedonia’s accession talks at tomorrow’s European Council summit in Brussels, thus effectively putting the country’s EU bid on hold until it solves the name row with Greece.

On 14 June, the European Union reiterated its readiness to facilitate people-to-people contacts with the citizens of the South Caucasus countries, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, through visa facilitation and at the later stage visa-free agreements.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has announced that the time has come for Croatia and Serbia to discuss the possibility for citizens of the two countries to cross their common border with a national identity card. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Croatian Parliament on Monday, Dacic said …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and opposition leader Edi Rama have been invited for fresh consultations with members of the European Parliament as part of efforts to overcome the political stalemate that has plagued the country for almost a year.

The first meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Council took place on Monday (June 14th) in Luxembourg, six weeks after the SAA with Montenegro took effect. Attending the meeting were Spanish State Secretary for the EU Diego Lopez Garrido, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele

The International Steering Group (ISG) fully supports Kosovo’s territorial integrity and independence and says it is irrevocable. Following a business lunch of the 25 ISG representatives and Kosovo political leaders in Pristina on Monday (June 14th), International Civilian Office head Pieter Feith, on behalf of the Group, said that partition …

A meeting of commemoration of victims of the first Stalinist deportations wave from June 13, 1941, was held on Sunday in Chisinau, in Piata Marii Adunari Nationale. According to some data, more than two thousand people took part in the meeting. Churches of the country made some divine services to …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will be meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina Assembly Speaker Sulejman Tihić in Belgrade on Tuesday. Tihić, the leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) isleading a delegation of his party and country during the visit.

The European Commission today launched a dialogue on visa-free travel with the Republic of Moldova. The aim of the dialogue is to examine the relevant conditions for visa-free travel of Moldovan citizens to the EU as a long-term goal.

Bulgaria will facilitate visa regime for citizens of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The measure will come into effect on June 15. The multi-visa within a year can be provided to the persons, who has already received at least one visa and has used it. The multi-visa for the period …