Newly elected President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti will be sworn in on Friday in Chisinau. Around 500 guests are expected to participate on the inauguration. Foreign presidents and representatives of the opposition Communist Party led by former President Vladimir Voronin will not attend. After the ceremony ends, a state reception will …

Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze met with the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort at the Ministry. The two discussed important issues from the agenda of the Geneva negotiations and in particular the situation in the occupied territories …

“Montenegro is in principle close to opening accession negotiations. Now it needs to run this final straight towards this very ambitious goal,” President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Baroso announced. However, he stressed that significant work remains to be done.