Eurasia

Ministries of Montenegro and France undersigned a cooperation agreement for bilateral cooperation in the field of labor and social polity until 2011. The main projects of the two governments would be focused on improvement of healthcare and security at work as well as social dialog.

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …