Eurasia

The Georgian Foreign Ministry protested the use of Russian area codes today in Abkhazia. The ministry will release a statement about Russia’s illegal actions, the Foreign Ministry said. Abkhazia will begin to use new Russian area codes from Nov. 16, the de facto Abkhazian government reported. The area codes will …

A bid by finance adviser Lucian Croitoru to lead the Romanian government failed Wednesday after three political parties voted against his team. Mr. Croitoru, the national bank adviser, was nominated in October by President Traian Basescu to be the country’s new prime minister. Lawmakers in Parliament voted 250-189 against Mr. …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is to pay a two-day visit to Cyprus on Wednesday at the invitation of his Cypriot counterpart Markos Kyprianou. Lavrov is to meet with Cypriot President Dimiris Christofias, Markos Kyprianou and President of the House of Representatives Marios Garoyian. It is expected that agreements will …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to pay an official visit to Greece on November 4 and 5, the media report. He is to unveil the third global migration and development forum. He is scheduled to meet with Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Georgios Papandreou and President Karolos Papoulias. …

Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic announced that talks with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for the country’s second and third tranches of the IMF loan agreed to earlier this year, have been completed successfully. Speaking at a press conference, Dragutinovic said that an agreement has been reached to extend the …

The leaders of Macedonia’s two governing parties met Tuesday afternoon to discuss the burning name dispute with Greece. Media speculate the meeting between Prime Minister and leader of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party Nikola Gruevski and Ali Ahmeti, the head of the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, the junior partner in …

The European Commission’s progress report on Kosovo, released last month, shows a ‘deterioration’ in the country’s performance, according to a high ranking EC official in the country. Khaldoun Sinno, head of political, economic and European integration at the European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo, made the comments at an event …

The Croatian and Slovenian governments have confirmed that their leaders will sign an arbitration agreement in Stockholm on Wednesday. Jadranka Kosor and her Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor both made seperate statements confirming they will sign on Tuesday.

Butmirski paket ne sadrži ništa što je suprotno dejtonskoj strukturi BiH, istakli su jučer ambasadori SAD i Švedske u BiH Čarls Ingliš i Bo Vilijam Hedberg, najavljujući nastavak razgovora u okviru butmirskog procesa. “Prijedlozi sadržani u butmirskom paketu za nas predstavljaju minimum potreban BiH za napredak ka kandidatskom statusu za …

Only 3/5 of the MPs can attend the special sitting at which the head of state is to be elected. According to the amendments, if the election of the President becomes impossible owing to objective circumstances, the Parliament can postpone the sitting. If the head of state is not elected …