Eurasia Press & News
On Wednesday, Azerbaijan plans to sign a protocol on completion of bilateral negotiations with Georgia within Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), international expert on WTO membership Farhad Yovakim said in Baku today.
Read More »Italian FM Franco Frattini: Serbia candidate for EU by mid-2011
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini will visit Serbia today. Ahead of his visit Frattini said that Italian diplomats are investing maximum efforts to soon unfreeze the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union and Serbia and carry out a technical evaluation of Serbia’s application for accession in the …
Read More »Bulgaria, Serbia agree to more police, customs cooperation
The fight against organized crime dominated the discussions between the leaders of Bulgaria and Serbia on Monday, as the Bulgarian delegation headed by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is on an official visit to Belgrade. The two ministers of interior, Ivica Dacic of Serbia and Tzvetan Tsvetanov of Bulgaria signed an …
Read More »Macedonia, Kosovo Sign Border Agreement
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 …
Read More »Greece says EU/IMF aid mechanism ready in month
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 …
Read More »Rapporteur says BiH meets most visa liberalisation conditions
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 …
Read More »EC says Albania not ready for visa liberalisation
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 …
Read More »Moldovan delegation in Bucharest will sign a number of cooperation agreements
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 …
Read More »Dervis Eroglu swears in as president of Northern Cyprus
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 …
Read More »Turkish PM to go on official visit to Greece on May 14-15
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 …
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