There are no reasons for Belarus to recognize Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a briefing today.

GUAM developed significant projects in the tourism, agriculture and motor transport sectors, which will soon be signed. Georgia Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze made the statement to journalist during the fourth GUAM session in Tbilisi at the Sheraton Metechi Palace today.

The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, which went into opposition after the early elections on July 29, will not take part in the election of president, scheduled for November 10. The decision was passed at the Monday plenum of the Central Committee of the party. There is …

The United States Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said he thinks the Athens-Skopje “name” row can be resolved soon, and in the interest of both sides. “It is true that the agreement is possible and it is important to be resolved,” Gordon said to the Voice of America, Macedonian …

New Zealand has become the 63rd country to recognisne Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni confirmed on Monday that he had received a diplomatic note confirming recognition from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand.

A district court in Banja Luka has dismissed as unfounded an earlier ruling ordering the town to pay over 33 million euros to the Islamic community for 16 mosques destroyed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. “This ruling shows that nothing had changed (since the war) and that the same people who …

EU officials in Brussels urged Albania on Monday to hasten the reforms necessary to lift the current visa requirements for its citizens, in order no to miss on the next wave of visa liberalisation in the Balkans. “You help us, we will help you,” was the message of the general …

Turkish President Abdullah Gül formally inaugurated the 25th session of the Organization of Islamic States, or OIC, meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation, COMCEC, Saturday morning in Istanbul. The 56 member organization is meeting in Istanbul this weekend to discuss greater cooperation in response to the …

Butmirski proces nije novi uslov za evroatlantske integracije, ali je on izuzetno važan za napredak zemlje, poručio je Dejvid Miliband, ministar inostranih poslova Velike Britanije, nakon susreta sa šefom bh. diplomatije Svenom Alkalajem. “Butmirski proces je važna prilika za vašu zemlju. Odluka o budućnosti BiH je na njenim liderima i …

German Ambassador to Serbia Wolfram Maas said that Kosovo and Holland are not obstacles on Serbia’s path towards joining the European Union. He said that Serbia’s task is to complete all conditions that are expected of any other candidate for EU membership. “There is only one obligation before Serbia for …