October 13, 2010 Eurasia News, Turkey
France’s foreign minister called Tuesday for Ankara to open “easy chapters” in its EU accession negotiations, promising help while not backing away from his country’s opposition to seeing Turkey enter the European bloc.
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October 13, 2010 Eurasia News
The Moldovan Delegation led by Deputy Economy Minister Octavian Calmic participates in the 8th Annual Meeting of the TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) Intergovernmental Commission that started in Brussels on Tuesday. According to the Economy Ministry, the Moldovan Delegation will take the chairmanship over the organization from Kirgizia. Besides, the delegation …
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October 13, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Greece’s position is a name with geographical qualifier for every use, erga omnes. That is our stance and we have no intention to change it. Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas made the remarks before the
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October 13, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Commission said on Tuesday that there have been no talks on possible extension of the financial aid provided by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to
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October 13, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with acting President Jakup Krasniqi, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni. The secretary will visit Gracanica, a Serb-majority municipality near Pristina, where she will speak
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October 13, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
“Germany will look closely at Romania’s bid to join the Schengen area and will give a fair and just assessment based on the European Commission’s criteria,” Chancellor Merkel said during a
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October 13, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha urged his cabinet Monday (October 11th) to organise a public information campaign on the benefits and restrictions of pending EU visa liberalisation. During a meeting with
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October 13, 2010 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
The opposition Croatian People’s Party (HNS) and the Croatian Pensioners’ Party (HSU) will run as a coalition in the general elections scheduled for November 2011. This is following an agreement signed by their
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October 13, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Thousands of people in Tuzla welcomed Ilija Jurisic home as a hero Monday (October 11th) after an appeals court in Belgrade overturned his 12-year sentence for war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian
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October 12, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Romania today. She said that Romania’s accession to the Schengen area will depend on the country’s observance of technical conditions to ensure the European Union’s external border security, and not on aspects regarding the social integration of Roma ethnics.
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