Eurasia

As the scrapping of visas for citizens traveling to the European Union is set to become official on Friday at midnight, Macedonians celebrate with a massive party in Skopje’s main square and a state lottery for a free trip to Paris. Friday night has been declared a “white night,” meaning …

„…organizaţiile românilor ucraineni şi autorităţile României aflate în spatele lor consideră Bucovina de Nord şi sudul Basarabiei teritorii anexate ilegal de la România” (Serghei Tighipko, prezidenţiabil ucrainean) Cine trece prin Kiev în această perioadă de campanie electorală prezidenţială va avea surpriza să vadă pe bulevardele principale ale capitalei afişul unui …

Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov met briefly with Greek PM George Papandreou in Copenhagen on the sidelines of the Climate Change Summit. Ivanov said that the visa liberalization will bring to a better cooperation between the two countries. Macedonian President hopes that Greece will surpass the position of blockades.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Macedonia and Iceland are expected to start accession negotiations with EU in 2010. The German Chancellor urged parliamentarians to discuss subjects, which are of great

The Georgian Defence Ministry has presented the National Security Concept and report about ongoing reforms in the defence field. During the three-day conference the Defence Ministry introduced its future action plans to state agencies representatives and NGO sector, local opposition parties, and representatives of diplomatic corps accredited to Georgia. NATO-Georgia …

The priorities of the new Romanian government would be next year’s state budget, continuing reforms and ensuring stability, designated Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday. Boc vowed to work together with politicians, parliament and those who would govern the country to offer “stability and prosperity.”

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic announced that negotiations with Russia over some USD 200 million credit needed for the budget deficit have been finalized.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Thursday upped its economic growth forecast for the country for this year and next, and said Bucharest could receive its next loan tranche in February. At the same time, following its joint mission to the country earlier this week with the IMF, the European …

The District Court in Priština released three Serbs from the municipality of Novo Brdo from custody on Wednesday. Slobodan and Srećko Martinović and Svetlana Stojanović were arrested on September 24 and accused of committing war crimes. The charges against them state that the three “from April 17 until April 22, …

Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandr Konuzin was in Kosovo on Wednesday, in the northern, Serb-dominated part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. Beta news agency reports that he stated that the Russian Federation and Serbia had good political and economic cooperation, but that it was necessary to expand it …