Eurasia

The Netherlands, Laos, Romania and UK will state their opinions on the legality of Kosovo’s secession at the Peace Palace in The Hague on Thursday.

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Admiral James Stavridis was in Priština on Wednesday. He told reporters that the number of the NATO-led KFOR troops in Kosovo would be reduced from the present 15,000 to 10,000 by the end of January 2010.

Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen says the arrest of Gen. Ratko Mladić remains the condition of ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).

EULEX spokesman Christophe Lamfalussy on Wednesday made a statement on the first anniversary of the arrival of EULEX arrival in Kosovo. All achievements made by Kosovo in the police, customs and judiciary sectors are also achievements of this EU mission.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will pay official visit t Federal Republic of Germany, where he will attend two conferences.

Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski will visit NATO Headquarters in Brussels and the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe in Mons in Belgium.

Differences between two European countries should be settled through mutual understanding and respect, Macedonia’s deputy premier Vasko Naumovski said Wednesday, referring to his country’s row with Greece. While this week’s EU Council meeting did not give Macedonia a desired start date for accession negotiations, the meeting clearly demonstrated that Macedonia …

Despite its huge potentials, Bosnia remains one of the World’s least competitive countries because its politicians hold up the key reforms, perpetuating a political crisis for their own interests, a top international diplomat in the country said.

Osobe s invaliditetom u BiH moraju imati najveći mogući stepen zaštite i osigurana jednaka prava kao i svi ostali građani. UN-ova konvencija o pravima osoba s invaliditetom trebala bi pomoći u uspostavljanju sistema koji će olakšati život pripadnicima ove populacije i zato je njena ratifikacija poželjan i ohrabrujući potez.

A German delegation is holding official consultations in Georgia. According to the German Embassy to Tbilisi, the reform from the German Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry is visiting to Georgia to holds consultations with the government.