April 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said his country rejects military intervention in Syria, adding that Russia hopes to avoid any measure of military intervention in Syria in the forthcoming meeting of Friends of Syria in Istanbul.
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April 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Georgia can play a mediating role between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Special Representative of NATO Secretary General
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April 17, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
A trilateral meeting between Belgrade and Priština’s negotiating teams and Ashton started around 15:35 CET in Brussels. Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci has left the negotiating table dissatisfied with a new
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April 17, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Macedonia
A good neighborliness agreement between Skopje and Sofia is not necessary, Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki said recently. “I believe it is not necessary. Good neighborliness cannot be created on paper, but with specific
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April 17, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Macedonia
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, who paid a visit to Macedonia on Tuesday, called for immediate solution of the name issue between Macedonia and Greece. I am encouraging both countries to use the efforts of UN envoy Matthew Nimetz. I am aware that this …
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April 17, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Macedonia, Serbia
The European Commission (EC) released its reports on progress made by Serbia, Kosovo and FYROM in their bids to join the EU. The EC approved a special report on FYROM maintaining its stance that FYROM should receive
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April 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Montenegro
The Irish Presidency of the European Union has agreed with Montenegro to open and provisionally the second chapter in the Balkan country’s negotiations under its EU accession process. This chapter covers, inter alia, EU flagship programmes, such
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April 16, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
France has circulated a draft United Nations resolution that would authorise a UN peacekeeping force to stabilise key towns in northern Mali and help promote a return to democracy and extend government authority throughout the conflict-wracked country.
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April 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Croatia’s main opposition party, has won yesterday’s election to the European Parliament, the country’s first.
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April 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The European Commission is set to delay a recommendation on Serbia’s readiness to start talks to join the European Union, due on Tuesday, to allow time for
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