Eurasia

A 15-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), will be in Moldova from 3 to 6 September to observe the referendum on the choice of the presidential election procedure. It is the only European parliamentary organisation which will be …

Ministrul Afacerilor Externe, Teodor Baconschi, crede intr-o posibila legatura intre scandalul recent de la Moscova privind acuzarea diplomatului roman Gabriel Grecu de spionaj si sustinerea pe care tara noastra o acorda Republicii Moldova. “Fara indoiala ca are. Rusia e preocupata de scutul antiracheta, e preocupata de orientarea proeuropeana si, implicit, …

A Delegation of US Congress is set to meet Serbia’s President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic on Tuesday. The delegation is led by US Rep William Delahunt, who is also a member of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Moldova is set to receive an EU grant of up to €90 million to help it through the financial crisis, following a vote at Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Monday.

Croatian president Ivo Josipovic have given his support to setting up a truth commission aimed at establishing facts about war crimes committed in Yugoslavia’s succeeding countries in the 1990s.

Albanians will find out whether they will be able travel to most EU countries without visas this autumn, Albanian Interior Minister Lulzim Basha said. On Sunday (August 29th), he explained that his European counterparts

Kosovo: The interior ministry confirmed on Saturday (August 28th) that no investigations are under way regarding the publication of the so-called Statement for Independence

Slovenian President Danilo Turk thinks that the Balkans should no longer be the highest priority of EU’s foreign policy. He also criticized the countries of the region which aim to join the EU. Turk said that if there were delays in the accession negotiations “most criticism should be directed at …

Belgrade Mufti Muhamed Jusufspahić has called on a counter-rally in response to the one scheduled by a rival Islamic organization. The Islamic Community in Serbia leader Muamer Zukorlić called the original gathering. Jusufspahić said that his Islamic Community of Serbia has scheduled a counter-rally so that its voice can be …

The EU should do everything possible to ensure the integration of the countries from the Western Balkans and to end divisions in the region, stressed Bulgarian foreign minister Nikolay Mladenov at the traditional Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia.