Eurasia

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg on Friday (February 12th) urged EU member states to stop the forced repatriation of Kosovo citizens, arguing that this only worsens the economic situation. “Kosovo is not ready to receive a larger scale of people returning from other countries at …

Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan on Friday (February 12th) submitted to parliament two protocols aimed to normalise ties with Turkey. The documents, signed in October last year, will be discussed by lawmakers for ratification. However, Sargsyan said that Armenia’s parliament will first wait for Turkey to ratify them before doing …

Spanish ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana said that Madrid does not support the plan for the integration of northern Kosovo. Commenting on media speculation that suggests that Spain supports the plan of the International Civil Office (ICO) in Kosovo Chief Pieter Feith for the integration of northern Kosovo …

Kulata checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border is closed for all types of vehicles, the official on duty in Blagoevgrad District Police Directorate said. The checkpoint was again closed for all vehicles at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. There is no information when it will be opened.

A member of the team of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said they will say sorry if opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is officially declared the winner of Ukraine’s presidential elections after votes are recounted at certain polling stations.

The main ethnic Albanian parties in Macedonia have expressly rejected the idea of forming an all-Albanian coalition to stand in opposition to the ruling party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

Kosovo’s prime minister, Hashim Thaci, has sent a letter of resignation to Kosovo parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi to inform the assembly that he is resigning from his position as member of parliament, the premier’s office has announced.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe U.S. Adm. James Stavridis has met in Belgrade with Serbian Army (VS) Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Miloje Miletić. Stavridis was today quoted as saying during the talks that NATO’s force in Kosovo, KFOR, would consider all security aspects in Kosovo.

Serbian President Boris Tadić met with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral James Stavridis on Thursday. They discussed Serbia’s activities within the Partnership for Peace program and cooperation with KFOR in preserving peace and security in Kosovo.

Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Dzhalaganiya met with the head of General Directorate of the European Commission on International Relations for Ukraine and Belarus, Moldova and South Caucasus countries, John Kaers and EU extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy to Georgia Robin Lidersen, today.