The European Commission said Friday it has appointed an envoy to assist in the U.N.-brokered Cyprus reunification talks aimed at ending 35 years of division on the island. “The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has decided to detach Leopold Maurer as his personal representative to the Good …

„Statele care au un viitor, la fel ca şi indivizii, trebuie să fie capabile să aştepte” (Lord Salisbury, 1878) Apar tot mai multe semne de întrebare legate de coerenţa şi unitatea AIE în raport cu anumite teme majore. Unele sunt întemeiate, altele, nu. Însă îngrijorările sunt deseori exagerate sau ipocrite. …

Fourteen years after the war ended in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mines continue to claim lives and cause serious injuries, and it would seem that the deminer’s job is never done, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. “This is not earning for living, it is working for death,” said Habiba …

Evropska unija i SAD nadaju se da će na današnjem sastanku biti donesene značajne odluke koje će unaprijediti funkcionalnost BiH, izjavio je Oli Ren, evropski komesar za proširenje. “Zajednički cilj EU i SAD jeste da ubrazamo procese u BiH koji će je što prije dovesti do kandidatskog statusa za člana …

The Hague Tribunal may cease to operate in 2013 but UN forces will stay in Kosovo, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ban said that the Hague Tribunal was considering the possibility of completing its work by the end of 2013 and that back-up mechanisms should be prepared if Ratko …

The meeting started at 11.00 and was to last for half an hour. The extended-format meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council will follow next. The agenda includes the examination of the results of yesterday’s meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council and issues concerning cooperation between the CIS …

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says that all the Balkan states should become EU member-states. “Hurdles remain, but our political position is very clear,“ Kouchner said, adding that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had said as much, “also unambiguously,“ to Serbian President Boris Tadić.

Answering a question about only 7 presidents to take part in the Chisinau CIS Summit tomorrow, the Russian foreign minister replied there is nothing strange about it. Under the chairmanship of the Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca, eleven foreign ministers from the CIS …

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has welcomed the decision to send European Commission observers to monitor the local elections in Kosovo. “We are firmly focused on having free, fair and democratic elections, with turnout as high as possible and the acceptance of high democratic standards, the building of a new …

A “mini Dayton” is getting under way at the Butmir base near Sarajevo attended by officials from the EU and U.S., and the most influential Bosnian leaders. The meeting began with an informal working dinner, where, according to unofficial reports, Bosnian leaders were presented with a set of measures to …