Eurasia

Georgia is pushing for rapid entry into NATO with plans to meet membership requirements within the next three years, the Georgian state minister for Euro-Atlantic integration, Giorgi Baramidze said. Several European states, including Germany, are reluctant to let the Caucasian nation join NATO. Experts say that unresolved territorial issues in …

Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen says Serbia’s progress in EU integration will not be on the agenda before Serge Brammertz submits his next report. The chief Hague prosecutor’s new report is due in June. “The position of the Netherlands remains unchanged in principle. Last December we responded to Brammertz’s positive report …

The EU enlargement commissioner said that “border demarcation is part of good neighborly relations and regional cooperation, which countries should solve bilaterally.”

SARAJEVO Strane državnike tokom posjete BiH osigurava posebna jedinica Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA) i njeni djelatnici štitili su u utorak brojnu delegaciju NATO-a koju je predvodio generalni sekretar ove organizacije Anders Fog Rasmusen.

MADRID, SARAJEVO, BANJALUKA Predstavnici američke administracije i španskog predsjedništva EU ovih dana vode razgovore sa liderima bh. političkih stranaka o tekstu nove deklaracije o opredijeljenosti BiH za evroatlantske integracije, potvrdio je za “Nezavisne” Dragan Čović, predsjednik HDZ BiH. On je u srijedu u Madridu razgovarao sa Miguelom Angelom Moratinosom, španskim …

Moldovan interim president, Mihai Ghimpu, is leaving for Brussels today in a one day work visit. During the visit, Mihai Ghimpu is going to have meetings with European Parliament president, Jerzy Buzek, European commissar

Premierul rus Vladimir Putin este in continuare mai apreciat de populatia rusa decat presedintele Dmitri Medvedev, chiar daca opinia publica este din ce in ce mai aprobatoare fata de actiunile actualului presedinte. Dupa doi ani de cand se afla in fruntea statului rus, Medvedev este apreciat de 51% dintre rusi, …

The NATO-led intervention against Slobodan Milosevic’s regime and the then Serbian army was a historic decision, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said. He stressed that NATO’s intervention in 1999 was a necessary move as it protected the rights and the freedoms of Albanians in Kosovo.

Council of Europe decides to close office in Montenegro, Montenegro’s media said. Council of Europe decided to close its office due to Montenegro’s achieved democratic level, which excludes any further stay.

Serbian President Boris Tadic and his Croatian counterpart, Ivo Josipovic, have announced a new phase in relations between the two neighbouring countries following their first meeting as presidents on Wednesday. Tadic and Josipovic discussed open issues between the two countries and the development of good neighbourly relations.