Eurasia Press & News

It is possible for Serbia to obtain a status of EU member state candidate by the end of the year, said European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. The European Commissioner also expressed his hope that the EU will make no difference between the member state status and the beginning of …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia is ready to solve the historical conflict between the Serbs and the Albanians in Kosovo. “Serbia is trying to solve the hundred-year old conflict of the Serbs and the Albanians,” Tadic remarked. In his words, if the Serbs are asked whether they are …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski does not want fair and democratic elections, said Radmila Sekerinska, MP with opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). In Sekerinska’s words, the elections should be based on a compromise between the ruling and the opposition. According to her, the elections were such when Gruevski’s …

Delegations of Belgrade and Priština are continuing their Kosovo talks on Monday in Brussels, and are expected to be meeting for one day. Ahead of the new round of talks, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the country wold not allow

Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca will pay a working visit to Moscow today. He will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations and the Transdnestr settlement. The talks on the future of Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transdnestr in the “five-plus-two” format, involving Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, …

A Bulgarian delegation headed by the Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva started official visit to Georgia on Monday. Tsacheva will hold the first meeting with her Georgian counterpart David Bakradze. The Georgian and Bulgarian parliaments’ speakers will hold a joint press conference after the meeting. After the meeting with Bakradze, Tsacheva …

Leaders of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ BiH), and HDZ 1990 signed a declaration in Mostar on Friday (March 25th) on co-operation in efforts to overcome the crisis in forming a new central government. They urged …

Serbia has submitted a request for the extradition of former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Army General Jovan Divjak from Austria, Justice Minister Snezana Malovic announced Saturday (March 26th). Divjak was arrested at the Vienna airport in early March based on a warrant issued by Serbia. He is wanted in connection …

After a nearly two-year-long boycott, lawmakers from the ethnic Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) will return to parliament soon, party leader Menduh Thaci announced on Saturday (March 26th). “We will return to put

Macedonia should continue with reforms aimed at securing NATO and EU membership, Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Friday (March 25th) after meeting Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Vasko Naumovski in Skopje. The two officials welcomed friendly relations between their countries and lauded their ongoing co-operation in the field …