Eurasia

Kosovo’s judiciary is still too weak to handle the challenges it faces, and its reform capabilities are too fragile, EULEX said in a report on Friday (June 4th). The Programme Report 2010 is based on 12-month surveillance by EULEX monitors placed within Kosovo justice, police

BiH – Members of the European People’s Party (EPP) group gathered on Saturday (June 5th) at a conference in Sarajevo to discuss co-operation and EU integration. In a joint statement they voiced support for the EU perspective for all countries from the region. The participants also stressed that perpetrators of …

Talks to reunify Cyprus are continuing in line with the parameters that have already been agreed between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders and the UN, Alexander Downer, the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on Cyprus, said on Friday (June 4th). “All chapters are being negotiated with the aim of increasing …

„Foamea ne apropie în mod obiectiv de scopul nostru final… Foametea distruge, de asemenea, credinţa nu numai în ţar, ci chiar şi în Dumnezeu” (Lenin) Raportul şi recomandările Comisiei Cojocaru au stârnit speculaţii şi discuţii intense la Chişinău. Şi, pe bună dreptate. Dar ceva lipseşte, totuşi. Dezbaterea este preponderent politică, …

Setting a date for Macedonia’s EU accession talks will double the country’s enthusiasm for adopting reforms, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki told media on Thursday. Milososki made the remarks after a regular meeting of Macedonian government officials

The Alliance for European Integration (AEI) decided to hold a consultative referendum on the procedure for electing the head of state in September and legislative and presidential elections in November. The decision was made public in a news comforter on June 3, in the presence of the Secretary

The Greek army has stated that it will considerably reduce its presence in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. This comes as Athens is fighting a large debt crisis, the Albanian language media in Priština reported on Friday.

The Ukrainian parliament has approved a bill that effectively rejects any ambition to join NATO. The law, submitted by President Viktor Yanukovych, cements Ukraine’s status as a military non-aligned country – though it will co-operate with NATO. President Yanukovych was elected earlier this year, vowing to end Ukraine’s NATO membership …

Foreign ministers of Serbia and Slovakia, Vuk Jeremić and Miroslav Lajčak, met on Thursday on Bratislava. They said that the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo earlier this week had confirmed the EU’s commitment to continued enlargement.

Bulgaria relaxes visa procedures for Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian and Moldovan nationals following an order signed by the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov this Friday. The news comes immediately after Mladenov reported Friday morning that he has a draft ready for facilitating the visa regime for those countries.