Eurasia Press & News

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha assembled army chiefs and defence ministry officials Tuesday (January 25th) to discuss measures before another protest the opposition plans for Friday. Berisha says the protests are

Croatia will most likely join the EU in late 2013 or in early 2014, according to the European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for the country, Hannes Swoboda. He told the EP foreign affairs committee

The main Croat party HDZ BiH submitted its platform Tuesday (January 25th) for the formation of a new majority in BiH’s state-level parliament and a new Council of Ministers. The document is based

Turkish President Abdullah Gul told participants in the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday (January 25th) that Turkey will never accept allegations it committed genocide. “If we live with the past, nobody in Europe will be able

Meeting of ministers of foreign affairs of Macedonia and Greece Antonio Milososki and Dimitris Drutsas will be held on Friday. The meeting will be held within the ministerial forum in the town of Budva, Montenegro. It is organized ahead of the next round of talks on the name issue in …

Arsen Shoyan has been named the new Ambassador of Armenia to Bulgaria. He has been serving so far as head of the Expert-Analytical Department at the President’s Administration. Armenian former Ambassador to Bulgaria Sergey Manaseryan has been appointed deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia.

Head of the European External Action Service (EEAS) for Russia, Eastern Neighborhood and the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajčak will visit Albania today. He is coming to Albania in order to find a solution for the country’s political crisis. 

After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Dick Marty’s report on Tuesday both Belgrade and Priština eagerly expect the investigation. Marty also expects the investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo and Albania to begin. Belgrade, however, does not believe that EULEX could deal with it and …

The European Commission (EC) is calling for calm in Albania and urging leaders to resume dialogue aimed at ending the long-standing political stalemate. The EU’s executive also recommended a detailed investigation be conducted into the violent

Turkish lawmaker Mevlut Cavusoglu was re-elected on Monday (January 24th) as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Thus, Cavusoglu, a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, will head the organisation for another year.