Eurasia Press & News

Kosovo’s Self-Determination Movement says it expects mass support from Albanians on January 14 for its planned action on border crossings with Serbia. Speaking in Tirana on Wednesday, the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) leader

Kosovo’s Minister of Diaspora has been denied entry into Serbia, where he was headed to meet local Albanian leaders. Minister Ibrahim Makolli, who was heading to the mainly ethnic Albanian Presevo Valley area of southern

Serbian President Boris Tadić says the Kosovo problem needs a creative solution that would satisfy interests of Serbs, Albanians and interests of great powers. “We need to find allies in this process. This problem has been internationalized and so

Threat to block the borders poses violent threat to country’s institutions, Hashim Thaci says, urging people not to respond to Self-Determination’s plans for Saturday. Hashim Thaci, has called on people not to respond to opposition calls to

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the euro zone’s top priority for the beginning of 2012 was to secure a second aid package for Greece. “The euro zone’s first obligation this year is to resolve a second Greek programme and finalise these negotiations with the banks so that we …

The latest attempt by Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party Ataka to ask the country’s Parliament to recognise the Armenian genocide was defeated in the House on January 11 2012. Vehemently rejected as historically valid by Turkey, the “Armenian genocide” refers

Copenhagen hopes that a solution regarding Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids will be found as quickly as possible, Danish Justice Minister Morten Boedskov has declared. Bulgaria and Romania’s substantial efforts to cover the

Croatia and Slovenia are expected to launch their border arbitration proceedings shortly, after Brussels announced it would propose a list of judges by the end of the month. At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic and her Slovenian counterpart, Samuel Zbogar, met

EU spokesperson says Kosovo Serb referendum planned for mid-February will not help resolve issues. The spokesperson of the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the planned vote in Serb-held areas of Kosovo

Romania will ask the European Commission whether the nine member states’ extending the labor restrictions for Romanian workers is justified, given the Accession Treaty, which envisages similar measures only in extraordinary cases. At the end of 2011, 11 EU member states imposed restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers – Belgium, …