Eurasia Press & News

An envoy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will on Monday start his visit to Serbia, it has been confirmed by the Russian embassy in Belgrade. The embassy said that Dolgov, the MFA’s human rights, democracy and rule of law emissary, will spend three days in Serbia. Dolgov will …

A new Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre in southeastern Europe based in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, will open on Monday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Sunday.

Washington urges Pristina to be flexible in seeking a deal with Serbia on its representation at regional meetings – but Prime Minister Thaci has his own public opinion to consider. Washington has urged Kosovo to be flexible in finding a

Numbers of prosecuted war crimes in Croatia are “worryingly low”, claims Croatian state prosecutor Mladen Bajic. Only 109 out of a total of 490 war crimes in Croatia have been entirely prosecuted, Bajic

The UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, kicks off his two-day visit to Skopje on Monday to examine its commitment to solving the long-standing issue. After his stay in Skopje, Nimetz heads to Athens to inspect the Greeks side.

EU Commission’s decision to interrupt funding for a programme highlights Romania’s continuing problems with absorbing European Union funds. The European Commission is to block payments worth 3.5 billion euro to Romania from the Human Resources funding line, after the European Commission report in 2011 found irregularities in the operation of …

EU politicians said a decision would probably be made on Monday about further European aid to struggling Greece. Martin Kotthaus, a German Finance Ministry spokesman told a regular government

“Bulgaria has demonstrated and proved its support to Croatia many times over the last 20 years. Bulgaria was among the first to recognise Croatia’s independence, and then of the rest of the republics

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has met with Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Sprem on Friday, announced the press service of the President’s Office. Boris Sprem is visiting Bulgaria on the occasion of

Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where he met and talked with several MEPs. Poposki’s interlocutors said that the EP