Eurasia

The Moldovan delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called upon the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg to delegate a mission to Moldova’s Transnistrian region so as to help the Moldovan authorities release journalist Ernest Vardanyan from custody in Tiraspol.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu, Gordan Jandroković and Sven Alkalaj agreed that the relations between these three countries are of strategic importance for the improvement of the general situation in southeastern Europe.

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in Athens on Thursday. Cvetković and Christofias are taking part in a conference in Athens, Greece, organized by the Economist magazine. Cvetković thanked Christofias for Cyprus’s support to Serbia’s EU pathway, and to the preservation of the country’s sovereignty …

Albanian officials have approved Vele Trpevski as the new Macedonian ambassador to Albania, the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed. Trpevski’s nomination was met with controversy due to his young age and apparent inexperience in diplomatic work.

Moldova’s Interim President Mihai Ghimpu said on Wednesday that Romanian president’s earlier visit to Chisinau and his ongoing visit to Romania have both opened a new chapter in the history of the bilateral relations. “I hope that these two days have quelled those who did not want to believe that …

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov is set to visit Macedonia on Friday and Saturday. Djankov will be a special guest at the 11th annual conference of the Macedonian stock exchange. He is expected to meet with Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski.

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili will not visit Romania April 30 as reported earlier. The visit was postponed upon the request of the Romanian side, which cited coinciding of the national celebration with the visit. Mikheil Saakashvili’s visit to Bucharest is scheduled for June 2-3.

Ratificarea acordului privind ramanerea flotei ruse in Crimeea deschide o noua pagina in relatiile de colaborare strategica intre Ucraina si Rusia si lasa in urma epoca dusmaniei, considera prim-ministrul ucrainean, Nikolai Azarov. “Parlamentul nostru a luat o decizie istorica ratificand acordul pentru prelungirea termenului de sedere a flotei Marii Negre …

War crimes prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they have filed charges against Darko Jankovic for crimes against civilians committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. Jankovic, 38, allegedly tortured and killed at least 13 Bosniaks in May and June 1992 in the Zvornik municipality. He was detained nearly a month ago.

The EU wants Albania to resolve its political stalemate by May 10th, for the good of the country’s integration processes. The ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialist Party have been at odds for months over the June 2009 general elections. The EU needs facts not promises, Spain’s Ambassador to …