Eurasia

Macedonian Minister of Local Government Musa Xhaferi and Kosovo Minister of Local Administration Sadri Ferati on Monday signed an agreement on border cooperation. The treaty on the Program for Cross-Border Cooperation between Macedonia and Kosovo is part of the strategic projects funded by the European Union’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance …

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said on Sunday (April 25th) that he expects the final terms of the EU/IMF aid package for his country to be ready by the end of May, and that this would be acceptable to all euro zone members. After a series of meetings in Washington …

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, believes that BiH has met most criteria for EU visa liberalisation. In an interview with the Nezavisne Novine daily published on Saturday (April 24th), she indicated that the European Commission will submit a proposal to scrap visas …

The European Commission (EC) says Albania has completed just one of four sections of its EU visa liberalisation questionnaire, local media reported on Sunday (April 25th). Government and local integration officials had assured the public that Tirana has met all technical criteria in the process. The section praised by Brussels …

The Moldovan ministers who will accompany Acting President Mihai Ghimpu to Bucharest on April 27 and 28 were mandated to sign cooperation agreements with Romanian ministries. Minister of Justice Alexandru Tanase was empowered to sign the agreement of cooperation between the Ministries of Justice of Moldova and Romania . This …

Dervis Eroglu, who was elected president of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, took an oath at the parliament on Friday. The ceremony was attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. In interview to the agency, Eroglu said that Northern Cyprus will not be neglected in the Cyprus issue …

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Taiyyp Erdogan, accompanied by a delegation of 10 ministers, will be on an official visit to Athens on day 14-15. The news about the upcoming visit broke from Greek First Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu who made a joint statement …

Romania appeals to the European Union (EU) member states to support bridging the gaps between the old and new members of the EU, namely to attain the goals proposed by the European Commission in the Europe 2020 Strategy, Romanian President Traian Basescu said.

After years of opposing the project, Romania is now ready to join the Russian-backed South Stream gas transit pipeline, officials in Bucharest said. “We have been able to start a dialogue, including with Russia. South Stream will pass through Romania,” the country’s Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said Thursday.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is scheduled to leave Monday for an official trip to Serbia, his office has informed. Borisov is set to meet with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and President Boris Tadic and is expected to