April 4, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Belgrade has five days left to decide whether it will accept Brussels’ offer on Kosovo. Top officials say that a decision will have to be made by April 9. “At this point I cannot say what our response will be because top state
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April 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, visits Turkey today. In Ankara she will meet Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Davutoglu for
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April 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News
As of Monday, Croatia has applied the standard rather than the light visa regime toward tourists from non-EU countries. The country was required to align its visa system
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April 3, 2013 Albania, Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Jordanian and Albanian foreign ministers on Tuesday stressed the urgency for a political solution to Syria, which preserves the unity of the country. At a meeting in Amman, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh
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April 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia has one week to present its progress in terms of the European integration, so as European Commissioner Stefan Fule to work out a positive report for the country, which will not bury down country’s hopes for being given a date to launch the EU accession talks.
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April 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Differences between Belgrade and Pristina are small but deep. This is what High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, said after the 12-hour negotiations between the two countries in Brussels.
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April 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey in the end of the week. “The date is not clear yet but possibly Mr. Kerry will arrive in
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April 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide approximately one billion euros to the 10-billion-euro rescue plan for cash-strapped Cyprus, managing director Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.
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April 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The eighth round of the Kosovo dialogue ended in Brussels late on Tuesday with the two sides unable to reach an agreement. Serbian PM Ivica Dacic addressed reporters in the early hours
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April 2, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
An EU spokesman announced that about 250 European instructors began on Tuesday to train Malian soldiers in Mali. “The mission has kicked off this morning as foreseen. The idea is to train
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