Eurasia

Greece aims and is able to solve its issues by itself, we want political, not economy support by the European Union and the international community. This is what Greek Prime Minster Georgiou Papandreou said. Papandreou stressed that Greece hadn’t sough economy support neither from the international community nor the EU.

Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) should be able to travel to the EU without visas by July, announced Tanja Fajon, European Parliament Rapporteur for Visa Liberalization for West Balkan Countries before the Parliament of BiH on Monday.

Croatian President-Elect Ivo Josipovic reiterated that he regretted that his Serbian counterpart, Boris Tadic, would not attend his inauguration, which is scheduled for February 18.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Slovenian PM Borut Pahor have agreed that an international conference on the Western Balkans, which will likely be held in late March in Slovenia, would be a significant event for the region.

European Parliament (EP) Vice-President Roberta Angelilli on Saturday urged the opposition Socialist Party (SP) to stop its parliamentary boycott and start co-operating with the government.

The International Civilian Office (ICO) will continue to insist on consulting all parties, including Belgrade, regarding implementation of a strategy to extend Prstina’s authority into Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. “The ICO calls on everyone to have a constructive role in this process, which aims at improving living conditions for citizens in …

Kosovo – Local media reported yesterday that Kosovo’s visa liberalisation process with EU countries is conditioned on the repatriation of thousands of Kosovo citizens living illegally across Europe. 

The Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat invite the Romanian Minister of Administration and Interior, Vasile Blaga, to put his shoulder to “demolishing the wired fence”. The cut the wire in pieces. Filat said that he will take several more pieces to Chisinau. Vlad Filat: After 66 years, finally going over …

Transnistria is willing to host Russian Rocket system Iskander, in case Russia will offer this to them. This declaration was made today by the leader of the Tiraspol administration, Igor Smirnov. The Transnistrian leader said that his offer appeared after Romanian expressed its intention to host the American anti-rocket shield.

A status conference will be held today in the trial of Radovan Karadžić. Representatives of six countries are expected to give their statements. The chamber of the Hague Tribunal conducting the trial against the former political leader of Bosnia’s Serbs has given Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, France, Holland and Iran a …