Eurasia

Albania’s opposition Socialist party is ahead of the ruling Democrats of Prime Minister Sali Berisha in voter preference three months before June’s general elections, according to a poll conducted by Zogby International for broadcaster Top Channel TV. In the poll released on Tuesday, 39 per cent of respondents said they …

The government is considering the adoption of shorter workweeks, to 32 hours, as a measure against layoffs amid economic crisis, Serbian Minister of Labour Rasim Ljajic, said.

After five days of slight depreciation, dinar strengthened against euro by 0.3%, the central bank said. The exchange rate of 94.60 RSD/EUR was established without the Central Bank’s involvement on the inter-banking FX market. 

Sarajevo, March 9  – Macedonia’s participation in difficult missions, such as ALTEA, is an additional reason for the country to soon join NATO, said Derek Chappell, a spokesman for NATO headquarters in Bosnia-Herzegovina. – The Summit in Bucharest has clearly shown that NATO allies wish to see Macedonia in their …

Kosovo’s opposition party, New Kosovo Alliance, its chairman for diaspora Arben Kurteshi, during a press conference on Monday, spoke about the vital need to establish the Ministry of Diaspora, calling on the Kosovo Parliament to urgently create legal conditions for the formation of the ministry and the reservation of seats …

The Minister of Kosovo Security Force, Fehmi Mujota, met last week with the NATO Chief of Staff, General Karl-Heinz Lather, accompanied by Major-General Fugie and expressed his gratitude toward NATO and KFOR for their continuous support and help provided to the Kosovo people and its institutions. In the meeting Minister …

Monday, Croatia conditionally accepted a European Union proposal to mediate in its border dispute with Slovenia if the mediation led to an agreement on transferring the issue to the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), media reports say. A statement issued following the meeting of Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader …

MOSCOW, March 10 (Itar-Tass) – The Moscow city government has outlined the priorities in Moscow metro construction under crisis conditions at its meeting on Tuesday. Chief of Moscow metro Dmitry Gayev emphasized the importance of outlining strategic directions of metro construction and warned against going back to the practice of …

SEVEROMORSK (Northern Russia), March 10  – Russia’s Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser returned to its main base in northern Russia on Tuesday after an almost six-month tour-of-duty of the world’s oceans, a Navy spokesman said. “All the tasks set for the mission have been accomplished. The crew is healthy and …

TBILISI, March 10 (Itar-Tass) – The Russian office of the Swiss Embassy in Georgia on Tuesday began to accept documents and issue entry visas to Georgian citizens, Russian diplomats told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. Georgian citizens can get “educational and humanitarian visas (for example, in case of the demise of relatives …