Eurasia

Austrian President Heinz Fischer said on Monday (March 15th) that Croatia could wrap up its EU accession talks by the end of this year and join the bloc in 2012. After talks with visiting Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic, Fischer stressed that this scenario would be good for both the region …

Catherine Ashton, the EU’s recently-appointed foreign policy chief noted in her ordinary report the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is getting worse.

Georgia could sign in June an agreement that would give its citizens easier visa access to the European Union, the bloc’s president Herman Van Rompuy said on Tuesday. The deal, to be accompanied by a parallel agreement on repatriation of Georgians caught staying illegally on EU territory, would speed

Protests have continued in Greece as Euro zone finance ministers said they have agreed a way to help the cash-strapped country. Over recent weeks stringent government spending cuts have been urged by the EU bloc to deal with the country’s massive deficit.

“The identity is yours and it is not changing. Macedonia should point at the priorities like security, prosperity, setting up of the values and accession to the EU,” said the U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker. Reeker made the statement at a public lecture is the FON University in Skopje.

We are far away from the time when the UN Mediator on the name dispute between Greece and Macedonia Matthew Nimetz will make a new proposal on the issue, said Greek deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Drucas Macedonian. In his words many countries are aware of Greek position and …

In a newly released report the OSCE mission in Kosovo claims that Kosovo courts fail to adequately justify decisions ordering detention, saying that this shortcoming breaches international legal standards and domestic law.

It would be important for the success of the planned conference in Slovenia if the Serbian president attended, says a Slovenian embassy in Belgrade official. This would be significant, Jadranka Šturm-Kocjan stated, for cooperation in the region, mutual relations and dialogues between the Western Balkans countries.

Moldovan Parliament has to be dissolved, and parliamentary anticipated elections have to take place. This is the statement of European experts, following a Venice Commission letter addressed to governing parties. According to European experts, the failure of president` s designation

Ministrii de finante din zona euro, reuniti luni, la Bruxelles, pentru a discuta un posibil plan de salvare al Greciei, au anuntat ca au ajnuns la un acord, fara a oferi insa prea multe detalii. Premierul luxemburghez, Jean – Claude Juncker, presedintele grupului ministrilor de finante din zona euro, a …