Eurasia

Slovenia stands ready to help Macedonia in finding a compromise with Greece over its name that would unblock its EU and NATO membership bids, Slovenian Prime Minister said on Sunday. During his visit to Skopje, Pahor and his host, Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, confirmed good relations between both countries.

Ivo Josipovic, Croatia’s newly elected president, in an interview for Bosnian media this weekend, said it is too early to talk about withdrawing the law suit at the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against Serbia for genocide, filed in 1999. “With that suit certain goals should have been achieved. When …

Serbain President Boris Tadić says that Serbia would never support a referendum that would lead to the splitting of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Serbia will not support any act or referendum that would lead to the splitting of Bosnia, since Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Agreement,” Tadić old Sarajevo …

Komisija za odbranu i sigurnost parlamenta BiH trebalo bi da raspravlja o zakonitosti odluke direktora Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu BiH da policajca pod istragom za ratne zločine rasporedi na dužnost načelnika Odjela za zaštitu svjedoka u SIPA. Raspravu o ovoj odluci direktora SIPA Mirka Lujića na jednoj od …

Vlada Federacije BiH najavila je realizaciju deset milijardi KM vrijednih projekata u elektroenergetskom sektoru. Federalni premijer i ministar industrije, energetike i rudarstva, koji potiču iz dvije bratske, ali zaraćene stranke, udružili su snage i javnosti poručili da slijedi gradnja nekoliko termoelektrana i hidroelektrana. Lijepo zvuči, ali… Gradnja elektroenergetskih objekata svakako …

President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy is expected to arrive in Bucharest on Monday, to meet the head of the Romanian state Traian Basescu. The meeting will take place at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. This is Rompuy’s first visit to Bucharest since taking over.

Romanian President Traian Basescu is to visit Chisinau at the end of the month, said Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca. This will be Basescu’s first visit to Moldova since Vladimir Voronin stepped down. The president’s schedule will be rich in events, but it is still under development, said Iurie Leanca. …

Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading with 36.86% in the Ukrainian presidential elections, after half of the ballots has been counted, the country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday.

The Name dispute must be solved in order Macedonia to join NATO, NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen said at the meeting with Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski in Brussels. Rasmussen urged for name settlement and expressed hope to see Macedonia as NATO member state very soon. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola …

Presidential candidate and Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has said that on January 17 Ukraine is selecting its future and the country will start a new way. “Today we’re not only voting for candidates, but also Ukraine is selecting its future for decades,” Tymoshenko said after casting her ballot at a …