Eurasia Press & News

In the Balkan region, new geopolitical forces are playing an increasingly role and old actors seem to be losing their influence. The gradual decline of U.S. leadership coincides with the Eurozone recession that makes the EU to be perceived as less disposed to offer to the Balkan states a form …

Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodić and his Bosnian counterpart Zekerijah Osmić say there is “room for improvement of military-economic cooperation.”

The start of the South Stream pipeline section through Serbia, one of the largest investments in the country in several decades, will formally begin on Sunday. The start of the work will be marked by welding the first two pipes in Šajkaš, northern Serbia, but the work on the ground …

The presidents of Georgia and Turkey had a telephone conversation. Turkish President, Abdullah Gul congratulated his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Margvelashvili on his victory in the presidential election. The Georgian presidential administration said on Nov. 22 that the sides discussed the Georgian-Turkish relations and the prospects for their development. Abdullah Gul …

The European Union has expressed disappointment over the decision by the Government of Ukraine on Thursday to suspend the process of preparation for signature of the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and Ukraine.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski is to meet with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on Friday in Sofia.

Bulgaria is to receive next week technical and financial assistance from the EU for coping with the refugee situation. The information about the upcoming assistance was provided after a Thursday meeting between EU Humanitarian

A main armed militia group in Libya has pulled out of Tripoli in accordance with a parliament decision to dissolve all armed formations in the capital, security sources said Wednesday. The armed group, Nawasi, handed over its military bases and airports on the outskirts of the capital Tuesday.

The Ukrainian government decided Thursday to suspend preparations for striking historic political and trade agreements with the European Union (EU) due for signature next week. Ukraine halted the process in the interests of “national security” and would fully analyze the impact of the deals on Ukraine’s

The Syrian troops on Friday killed 54 rebel fighters of al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in southern and northern parts of the country, when another al-Qaida-affiliated group captured a border town, reports said. The army killed 20 fighters, including some leaders, of the Nusra Front by shelling rebel-held Hraitan town in the …