Eurasia Press & News

Serbia “will face huge challenges in the course of its EU accession talks, as it needs to implement European standards in many important and sensitive areas.” The normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština

The opening ceremony of the Azerbaijan-Turkey joint military exercises was held at Garaheybat Training Centre of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry on July 16.

Turkmen-Moldovan political consultations were held in Chisinau as part of preparations for Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s official visit to Moldova, scheduled for the second half of July 2013, the

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan will visit Georgia with official visit on Wednesday, July 17. Ohanian will hold a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Alasania. The sides will discuss cooperation in the military sphere.

Egypt’s military-backed interim leaders have sworn in the country’s first Cabinet since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi

The European Commission is to present its latest report on Macedonia on October 16.

The European Commission has called on Serbia to choose a chief negotiator and a team for the membership negotiations with the European Union immediately.

Slovenian President Borut Pahor is to pay a two-day visit to Macedonia. He is expected to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov. The delegations of the two countries are to hold a meeting as well.

Greece on Tuesday braced for a fourth general strike of the year against fresh austerity measures the government is imposing in order to keep receiving EU-IMF loans. Unions have called for a one-day national mobilisation against a new bill that

Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Sakhalin where he observed a part of the large-scale military exercise staged by the Russian military. It involves 160,000 troops and 5,000 tanks, and represents the