Eurasia Press & News
SERBIA IMF representatives are set to end talks with Serbian officials on Tuesday on the second revision of the standby arrangement of €2.9 billion. The two sides are to hold a press conference today to announce the results of the agreement on Serbia’s economic policy for 2009 and 2010. So …
Read More »Berisha: Opposition boycott to hurt visa liberalization
ALBANIA Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha slammed opposition’s decision to boycott parliament, saying it aims to hurt visa liberalization for Albania. The statement came after the opposition Socialist Party decided to boycott the constitutive session of parliament, blaming the government of election fraud. Berisha said the main objective of Socialists’ …
Read More »Slovenia, Croatia lead stepped up negotiations away from public eye
CROATIA Slovenian-Croatian negotiations aimed at finding solution over the border dispute are under way at rapid pace away from the public eye, said Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zogar. In order to ensure discretion and possible success in the efforts to reach a solution on the open issues with Croatia by …
Read More »Lustration officially launched in Macedonia
MACEDONIA Lustration for all public officials in Macedonia begins Tuesday, with incumbent dignitaries to be the first to submit statements over not being involved with former secret police service. Public office holders in Macedonia are to submit within September 1-30 deadline a statement to the Commission for Verification of Facts …
Read More »Georgian FM protests against Russia’s decision on protection ships in Abkhazian territorial waters
GEORGIA The Georgian Foreign Ministry has stated its protest against Russia’s decision on protection of ships from detention by the Georgian authorities in the “Abkhazian territorial waters”. Russia decided that the Coast Guard Service of Russia together with the Abkhazian border guards will ensure the safety of those vessels that …
Read More »Romania to lobby for agriculture commissioner
ROMANIA Despite uncertainty over the number of commissioners in the next EU executive, which stems from the as yet unfinished ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, Romania has announced that it will propose a former agriculture minister as its next commissioner. Dacian Cioloş (pronounced Dachian Chiolosh) is Romania’s candidate for the …
Read More »Romania Sets Presidential Election Date
ROMANIA On Monday, Romania’s ruling coalition set November 22 as the date for the country’s presidential elections and established new rules to improve the voting process. The ruling centre-right Democratic Liberal Party, PD-L, and leftist Social Democratic Party, PSD, decided not to make any changes to the current election law, …
Read More »Sofia softens its policy towards Macedonia: media
BULGARIA, MACEDONIA The Bulgarian government’s policy towards Macedonia, actions of Bulgarian tourists on cleaning desecrated monument in Struga, as well as the pink BMW cars of the Bulgarian defense ministry are among the subjects related to Bulgaria in Macedonian media. Kanal 5 TV channel comments on whether the new Bulgarian …
Read More »Sofia should nominate EU Commissioner by October: EP President Buzek
BULGARIA Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rumyana Zheleva was in Brussels yesterday. There she met EPP’s leaders Wilfried Martens and Joseph Daul, as well as the President of the European Parliamen Jerzy Buzek. Jerzy Buzek made it clear Bulgaria should be ready with its nomination for EU Commissioner in October, …
Read More »Hostile Turkey and Armenia to hold diplomatic talks
TURKEY Relations between hostile neighbours Turkey and Armenia have taken a turn for the better with the two countries’ agreeing to hold talks on establishing diplomatic ties. It was last year’s unprecedented meeting between their leaders in the Armenian capital which began the slow improvement after almost a century of …
Read More »