Eurasia

With a clear absence of political will on the part of Bosnia’s leaders, US and EU officials recently initiated, organized and led (failed) talks on reforming the country’s constitution – a much needed measure to move it out of political deadlock and closer to EU membership, Anes Alic writes for …

„Este rus cel care consideră că limba lui este rusa, cultura lui este cultura rusă, istoria lui este istoria rusă…” (Din Programul Partidului Naţional Bolşevic) Minoritatea „etno-imperială” a pensionarilor din marile oraşe – veritabilă „coloana a cincea” – are un omolog în „tânăra generaţie” de extracţie rusă şi care încearcă, …

Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Nacrt budžeta BiH za 2010. godinu, koji je za oko sedam miliona KM manji od ovogodišnjeg. Nacrt je usvojen većinom glasova. Protiv su bili Selmo Cikotić i Safet Halilović, ministri odbrane, odnosno ljudskih prava i izbjeglica BiH. “Nacrt budžeta je usklađen s budžetskim okvirom …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a one-day visit to Cyprus on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. Jeremić will meet with President Dimitris Christofias, President of the House of Representatives Marios Karoyian and Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, it was announced.

Macedonian government will hold session to review issues related to EU integration. Macedonia expects negotiation date for EU membership from EU Council on December 7.

The EU monitoring mission (EUMM) must expand its activities in Georgia, mission head Hansjorg Habber said in an interview with Imedi television. He said the issue of expanding the EU mission became more topical when the UN mission and OSCE mandates expired and they ceased their activities in Georgia.

According to the order by the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, the head of Azersun Holding Abdolbari Gozal was awarded the Order of Merit of Georgia.

Russia to some extent is trying to hinder the economic development of Georgia, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on international relations Akaki Minashvili said responding to the accusations of Russia’s intelligence that as though Georgia is preparing for a military provocation. The MP said in an interview with journalists …

A second tranche of European Union funding worth 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) will be paid to Romania providing conditions are met, the European Commission said on Friday. 

Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has charged six former Serb fighters over their alleged roles in killing, rape and torture of Roma civilians in eastern Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, a statement said Friday.