Eurasia Press & News

The UN Security Council on Friday (May 27th) welcomed the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. Member states hailed efforts by Serbian authorities that demonstrated their will to co-operate with

Bosnian prosecutors filed charges Friday (May 27th) against a former Bosnian Serb soldier for war crimes against Bosniaks committed during the 1992-1995 conflict. According to the indictment, Milan Markovic was involved in the torture of several Bosniak prisoners of war in the Sokolac municipality from June 1992 to March 1993. 

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday that the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo has the full support of all 27 member states. After visiting Belgrade on Thursday, Ashton headed south to

The arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic was an important step, but Serbia must still address “a number of things” on its path to European integration, the EU’s foreign affairs chief said Friday.

A Serbian judge on Friday ruled that former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic was fit to stand trial and could be extradited to a UN court to face charges of genocide. “It has been established that Ratko Mladic’s health condition makes him fit to stand trial… we have we have …

A radar system designed to detect Iranian missiles may be installed in Bulgaria by the end of 2013as a part of NATO’s anti-missile shield. The Alliance decided to locate the radar system on the Botev Peak in the Balkan Range. The NATO and US decision to install has reportedly been …

The Parliament of Bulgaria will host the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Spring Session In Varna from Friday 27 May to Monday 30 May 2011. The Session will bring together some 250 parliamentarians from the 28 NATO member countries from North America and Europe as well as delegates from partner countries and …

Officers from five EU nations have been deployed at the Bulgarian-Turkish border to help tackle illegal migration within Land Operation “Poseidon” of EU border control agency Frontex. In early March 2011, Frontex made permanent its land operation “Poseidon” to patrol the land border between Greece and Turkey over the huge

Serbian President Boris Tadić stated late on Thursday in Belgrade that Serbia “should be ambitious when it comes to the process of the country’s European integration”. He made the statement following his meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze met with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek. The sides discussed the priority issues of cooperation between Georgia and the OSCE, the situation in the occupied territories and the Russian-Georgian relations. OSCE High Commissioner also visited Sukhumi on May 24-26 within the visit …