November 23, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
The President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili will pay an official visit to Moldova during November 23 – 24, at the invitation of Acting President Mihai Ghimpu. Mikhail Saakashvili will meet with Moldovan President Mihai
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November 23, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnia is a country “irreversibly divided” along ethnic lines, Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik told a Serbian paper on Monday, 15 years after a peace deal ended the country’s inter-ethnic war in the 1990s. “Bosnia is divided in an irreversible way” and “they (the international community) will
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November 23, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey is ready to open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels and aircraft if the European Union takes steps to end the economic isolation of Turkish Cyprus. Erdoğan, speaking to reporters on Monday, said Turkey would not change its position on Cyprus …
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November 23, 2010 Eurasia News
“I welcome the outcome of last Friday’s meeting in Chisinau between representatives of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, called in at the joint initiative of the European Union and the United States of America to discuss the situation at the Ukrainian-Moldovan state border near the Palanca village. Solutions to …
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November 23, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Marking the 15th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreements on Sunday (November 21st), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Bosnian leaders to address remaining constitutional and other issues that are essential to progress. She described the accord that ended the 1992-1995 conflict as a cornerstone of peace and …
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November 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia is ready and the doors for its NATO accession are open but the membership will be a fact after the name dispute with Greece is solved. This is the conclusion drawn at the NATO summit in Lisbon about Macedonia. Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov, who attended the forum in Lisbon, …
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November 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule is to arrive on a visit to Serbia on Tuesday. Fule is expected to hand the European Commission’s ‘questionnaire’ to Serbian authorities. Serbia’s answers to the questions will determine its readiness for the EU accession. Fule’s cabinet said that the document consists of around …
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November 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Despite mounting pressure from the European Union to open its ports and airports to the Greek half of Cyprus, Turkey will not be doing so until a settlement on the divided island is reached, a senior state official has said, the online edition of Turkish Zaman daily writes. Turkey strongly …
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November 22, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News, Turkey
European Union high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, is visiting Turkey today to hold talks with Turkish authorities in the 15th anniversary of Dayton Peace Accords that ended war in Bosnia and established today’s federal Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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November 22, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Democratic values, regional co-operation and good neighbourly relations are important for lasting peace and stability in the Western Balkans, NATO members said in a joint declaration in the end of their two-day summit in Lisbon on Saturday (November 20th). “We continue to actively support Euro-Atlantic aspirations in this region,” the …
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