Eurasia Press & News

Kosovo deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci has refused to approve Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, his wife and ex-PM Božidar Đelić’s visit to Kosovo. The Karađorđevićs and Đelić were planning on visiting the Peć Patriarchate and the Visoki Dečani monastery. Kuci is in charge of approving Serbian officials’ visits to Kosovo and …

China is ready to further advance people-to-people friendship with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, a senior Chinese legislator said here Thursday evening. Jiang Shusheng, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, made

Pádraig Murphy has been appointed as new co-chairman of Geneva talks on tension prevention in Georgia from the OSCE. As the Georgian Foreign Ministry said, new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister

Greece’s foreign ministry says German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Athens Sunday for talks with senior officials. A ministry statement Friday said Westerwelle will

To allay suspicions of abuse of the law, Macedonia’s ruling party is contemplating making controversial dossiers of the former police informants available to the public. Macedonia’s governing VMRO DPMNE party says it’s mulling release of the dossiers to empower

Representatives of the Turkish community have welcomed a declaration by the Bulgarian parliament that condemned the forced assimilation policy used against

Bosnian lawmakers backed Vjekoslav Bevanda as the country’s new prime minister on Thursday, while a complete government is expected to be appointed next week. Bevanda was supported in the State Parliament by 31 votes; two MPs voted against him and three abstained.

The European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee supported Thursday the draft resolution urging approval of Serbia’s EU candidate status in March. MEPs also requested the start of the EU accession negotiations, primarily on the chapters regarding rule of law and judiciary.

European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Jelko Kacin stated Wednesday Serbia deserved both the candidate status and a date for the beginning of the talks. He added that it was important for the most significant agreements in the dialogue with Priština to be implemented.

The Bulgarian Parliament in a landmark move on Wednesday condemned the forced assimilation policy implemented against Turks in Bulgaria during the 1980s by the former communist regime. Parliament adopted a declaration on Wednesday that condemned the assimilation campaign