Eurasia Press & News
A long-awaited Report of the European Commission demonstrates that Bulgaria has failed to absorb a huge percent of the EU funding it has been eligible for. The Report, which reviews the absorption of EU Funds in Bulgaria and Romania from their EU accession in January 2007 until July 31, 2009, …
Read More »Shoigu: Cooperation could be even better
Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu says that cooperation between Serbia and Russia has made progress, but still has room for improvement. Shoigu and Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić headed a meeting of an inter-governmental Serbo-Russian committee for trade, economic and scientific cooperation. After signing a protocol on cooperation, Shoigu …
Read More »It’s not right to put our problems on foreign donors’ shoulders, Moldova’s Premier Vlad Filat
Prime Minister said the development partners are willing to provide financial assistance, but stressed that it is not right to count only on foreign financing. Prime Minister Vlad Filat approved of the discussions carried out during the joint meeting of the government and development partners held Monday. The meeting was …
Read More »Belgrade to mark 65th anniversary of liberation
The 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade will be marked today with a series of events and in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The highest state and military honors will be given at the Liberators’ Cemetery in Belgrade, while wreaths will be laid to mark the anniversary …
Read More »Butmir talks to resume today
Talks between U.S. and EU representatives and Bosnian political leaders will continue today at the Butmir military base. The goal of the talks is the establishment of functional institutions at state level to allow Bosnia-Herzegovina to progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
Read More »Greek PM: Turkey has to pull out troops from Cyprus
Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou urged Turkey on Monday to withdraw its troops from Cyprus to help ongoing talks aimed at reunifying the divided island. The long-festering dispute on the eastern Mediterranean island has poisoned relations between Greece and Turkey, both NATO members, undermining alliance and European Union cooperation on …
Read More »Kazakhstan promises Georgia to deal with conflicts seriously during OSCE chairmanship
Kazakhstan intends to pay special attention to so-called frozen conflicts during chairmanship in OSCE, Georgian deputy foreign minister, Alexander Nalbandov, said after Georgian-Kazakh inter-ministerial consultations in Tbilisi. Nalbandov said that the Kazakh side intends to appoint special representative within OSCE. This representative will specially operate to solve conflicts all over …
Read More »MDS not to be in Georgia: US Deputy Defense Minister
The U.S. does not intend to deploy a missile defense system (MDS) in Georgia, U.S. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Vershbow said today in Tbilisi. This statement has been made at a joint press briefing with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Giga Bokeria on the results of …
Read More »Chinese vice president puts forward four-point proposal to further China-Romania ties
Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping put forward a four-point proposal to boost China-Romania relations when meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu here on Monday. The proposal includes maintaining the consistency of high-level exchanges, promoting economic and trade cooperation, increasing exchanges in the areas of education, science, culture and health, …
Read More »Biden heads to Poland, Romania, Czech Republic
Vice President Joe Biden heads to eastern Europe Tuesday to meet key US allies, after a decision last month to shelve a Bush-era missile shield initially angered Poland and the Czech Republic. Officials deny that Biden is being sent on a mission to pacify the two US partners, on a …
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