Eurasia

In an interview broadcast yesterday by Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the accusations that by signing agreements with Syria, Iraq and Russia he is actually seeking an alternative to the EU. 

Radovan Karadzic’s successor as Bosnian Serb president left Swedish prison on Tuesday and arrived in Belgrade after winning early release from her sentence for committing war crimes. The International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague convicted Biljana Plavsic in February 2003 but last month granted an early …

On the first day of the presentation of introductory arguments, which took place in the absence of the indictee, the Hague Prosecution said it would show that Radovan Karadzic had full control over the Republika Srpska Army and was the architect of the shelling and sniper campaign in Sarajevo. Speaking …

Romania’s parliament will hold a confidence vote on the country’s shadow government on November 4. Prime minister designate Lucian Croitoru unveiled his proposed cabinet line-up last Friday. It features only 14 posts, compared to 19 posts in the outgoing government.

According to PSE, “these actions cause a considerable instability in the Moldovan society”. The European Left Party (PSE) is concerned with the first actions of the liberal-democratic governance from Moldova, “that is a step backward in the development of Moldova democratic institutions”.

Official negotiations between Serbia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began today in Belgrade. The talks concern the EUR 2.9bn loan and the country’s budget for 2010. These are the first meetings concerning the second and third revision of the loan arrangement, and see participation from IMF delegation members and …

FM Vuk Jeremić says that after the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Serbia is “stronger economically, politically and regionally”. “The unconditional support from Russia makes Serbia stronger than other countries in the region,” the foreign minister said on Sunday.

Montenegro and Croatia will submit documentation to the International Court of Justice regarding their outstanding border dispute. The border in issue is related to on the small peninsula of Prevlaka near Herceg Novi in Montenegro. Croatian ambassador to Montenegro Petar Turčinović said that the documents of the two countries will …

Former President of the Republic of Srpska Biljana Plavšić will be released from Hilsenberg prison as planned, Swedish authorities confirmed. “Biljana Plavšić will be released today,” Swedish Ministry of Justice spokeswoman Janet Matsson said on Monday.

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Zenun Pajaziti said he expected no problems whatsoever in the process of demarcation of the border toward Montenegro. “Kosovo has its borders. We will manage this process jointly and I expect no problems whatsoever,” Pajaziti said. Pajaziti said that he had no information as to when will …