Eurasia

Serbia and Slovenia Mull Cooperation

The presidents of Serbia and Slovenia, Boris Tadic and Danilo Turk, have underlined their countries’ warm relations and the importance of economic and cultural cooperation. Addressing Slovenian reporters after his parlay with Turk, Tadic said he expected Slovenia to continue supporting Serbia’s EU integration process, which is Belgrade’s main political …

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Politička imenovanja

Menadžeri u telekom operaterima ili velikim građevinskim kompanijama treba da budu obrazovani, uspješni, sposobni i imaju viziju razvoja. Reference su to koje važe u normalnim zemljama. BiH, kao što svi znamo, nije jedna od normalnih zemalja. Nabrojane reference za uspješne menadžere u BiH su u drugom planu. Politički dogovor o …

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Jeremić in Moscow on October 5

FM Vuk Jeremić is to visit Moscow on October 5 as part of the preparations for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Serbia later that month. This is according to a statement released by Jeremić’s office.

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Serbia “doesn’t need all of IMF loan”

The balance of payment deficit in Serbia will be nine percent of the GDP this year, as opposed to 17.4 percent in 2008, daily Večernje Novosti writes. The decrease in exports (23 percent less than last year), but also imports (decreasing by 31 percent), have enabled Serbia to now consider …

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Hague prosecutor to visit Serbia in October

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is expected to visit Serbia in October, according to the President of Serbia’s Hague Cooperation Council Rasim Ljajić. The actions geared towards arrested the remaining Hague fugitives Goran Hadžić and Ratko Mladić are ingoing daily, Ljajić said, adding that Serbia is

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Russia’s South Stream is “bad for EU”

Russia’s South Stream natural gas pipeline is “weakening” rival EU-backed Nabucco, according to the European Parliament president. Jerzy Buzek also went on to say that “all bilateral deals with Russian gas exporters are threatening EU’s interests”.

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Turkey becomes hot topic in Greek elections

Relations with Turkey have become a hot topic amid Greek election campaigning with both the governing and opposition parties sharpening their anti-Turkish rhetoric as election day draws near. While supporting Turkey’s EU membership bid during his embattled premiership, New Democracy Party, or NDP, leader and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has …

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Putin signs decree to build nuke plant in Kaliningrad region

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to build a 2,300MW Baltic nuclear power plant in the country’s westernmost Kaliningrad region. Under the document the first nuclear power generating unit will be built in 2010-2016, the second one – in 2012-2018. Russian and foreign investors will be engaged …

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EU steps up Georgia patrols before war report

On the eve of a European Union report on who started the Russia-Georgia war, EU monitors have stepped up their patrols in Georgia to try to keep tensions from boiling over into violence, an official said Tuesday. The August 2008 war ended with Russian soldiers driving Georgian forces out of …

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Georgian FM & EU special representative on South Caucasus mull Georgia- EU relations

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and EU special representative on South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed the Tbilisi-Brussels relations. Head of the European Commission Delegation to Georgia Per Eklund, Special Envoy of the Swedish EU Presidency to Georgia Fredrik Löjdquist and Political Advisor of EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus …

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