Eurasia

The Hague Tribunal says that the trial of former Republic of Srpska President Radovan Karadžić will begin on October 26 as planned. It comes after Karadžić notified the court yesterday that he would not be in attendance. ’’The prosecution is ready to begin. I hope we’ll soon be concentrating on …

EU High Representative Valentine Inzko says changes to the Bosnian Constitution are impossible without the consensus of all three constitutive peoples. The procedure of Constitutional change is not possible without the consensus of the representatives of all three peoples. Anything else is just pre-election talk. “It is about time politicians …

Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu issued a presidential decree, naming the new members of the Supreme Security Council. Mihai Ghimpu, as Caretaker President of Moldova, will head of the Council. Its members include Prime Minister Vlad Filat, the first deputy parliamentary Speaker Serafim Urecheanu, MP Marian Lupu, Deputy Prime Minister …

Neither Russia nor Ukraine are seeking to revise the terms of an agreement on the presence of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea, the countries’ FMs say. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine’s Crimea, including the base in Sevastopol, as part of a …

The Deputy Premier believes the April 7 events should not be used as a reason for unleashing a reprisal against the present-day political opposition. European Commission’s Director for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia Gunnar Wiegand met with Moldovan Minister of Justice Alexandru Tanase here on Thursday, and confirmed …

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pyotr Poroshenko is satisfied with results of his Moscow visit. “Problems in the bilateral relations should be resolved diplomatically, through the dialog, rather than through the media,” he said at the Kiev Borispol Airport on Friday. “The sides agreed to gradually reduce the black list of individuals, …

Georgian Azerbaijanis are concerned about religious interference of the Georgian government. In the village of Fahrali of Bolnisi district and in several villages in Gardabani region of Georgia, densely populated by the Azerbaijanis, some non-governmental organizations in the country prevents the restoration of old mosques and the local authorities are …

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport proposed to extend the second international transport corridor within the CAREC from its passing through Georgia to Turkey and Europe at the eighth ministerial conference within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). 

A conference of the Association of Municipalities of the South Caucasus countries will be held in Kutaisi on Oct.29-30. The two-day conference will be held upon the initiative of the Local Democracy Agency and the Congress of the regional and local municipalities of the Council of Europe, the Bureau of …

The presidential election campaign started Friday in Romania, a country struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil after its government collapsed last week. The first round of the presidential poll is set for November 22, and it will be the first election of a head of state …