Eurasia

The summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) begins in Strasbourg on Monday, and will include a debate on Kosovo. The session, which will be closed on June 25, will also be attended by the permanent delegation of the Serbian parliament, headed by Dragoljub Mićunović.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus started his 2-day official visit to Macedonia. Czech President Klaus is scheduled to meet his Macedonian counterpart president Gjorgje Ivanov.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay the first in history of bilateral relations visit to Cyprus in autumn 2010, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

SARAJEVO Rumunija, kao članica EU, podržava politiku BiH u normalizaciji odnosa sa susjedima, posebice sa Srbijom. Izjavio je ovo u petak Teodor Baconschi, ministar vanjskih poslova Rumunije, nakon sastanka sa šefom bh. diplomatije Svenom Alkalajem. On je istakao da normalizacija odnosa BiH i Srbije doprinosi stabilizaciji i poboljšanju situacije u …

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said on Friday (June 18th) that Croatia will not be able to wrap up its EU accession talks unless it opens its financial market to

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said after meeting his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in St Petersburg on Friday (June 18th) that energy giant Gazprom has agreed to include Macedonia in the South Stream

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) urged Kosovo authorities on Friday (June 18th) to look into claims of “excessive use of force” at the arrest of leader of the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement Albin Kurti. Kurti was detained on June 12th but was released two days later. On Friday, AI said …

Turkey, Italy and Greece on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a natural gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Under a statement issued by Turkey’s Ministry of Energy

The European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on Bosnia-Herzegovina, expressing concern over the political instability in that country. The EP also mentioned that as a problem a “lack of will of political forces and leaders in the country to achieve a joint vision”.

Wednesday, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat asked Moldovan Minister of Culture Boris Focsa to urgently find a place for such institution. The Prime Minister said: “The Government shall provide funding for organizing and opening the museum. Every citizen must know what happened to the nation. Our children must know