September 3, 2010 Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey took over the month-long rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on Wednesday (September 1st). The previous holder was Russia. On September 23rd, Turkish President Abdullah Gul will
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September 3, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Parliament on Wednesday (September 1st) met the last condition for EU visa liberalisation after the House of People extended the mandate of Mijo Kresic as head of the Anti-Corruption
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September 2, 2010 Eurasia News, Turkey
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu agreed on Tuesday (August 31st) to hold fresh intensive talks aimed at reuniting the divided island. The two leaders will have a regular meeting
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September 2, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian government delivered a report outlining the country’s progress in meeting the criteria for visa liberalisation to the European Commission (EC). Sources within the foreign ministry confirmed on
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September 2, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday (August 31st) that he expects Athens to drop its claims on disputed Aegean Sea territories in return for Ankara’s decision
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September 2, 2010 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia News, Serbia
British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Serbian officials on Tuesday (August 31st) to reconsider the draft resolution on Kosovo they plan to present to the UN General Assembly
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September 2, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo authorities started excavating a suspected mass grave Tuesday (August 31st) believed to contain the bodies of Kosovo Serbs killed during the 1999 conflict. The Commission on Missing Persons did not comment
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September 1, 2010 Balkans, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko says a partition of the country would be a posthumous victory for Slobodan Milošević. He said that this would not be accepted either by “Bosniaks or the international community.
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September 1, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Boris Tadić has supported an initiative to form a regional commission tasked with determining facts about victims of wars in the Balkans. He met in Belgrade on Wednesday with representatives of the REKOM coalition, and said he was supported solving all crimes in order to achieve justice for …
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September 1, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro
The US delegation has kicked off its visit to Montenegro. US Congressmen William Delahunt, Den Barton, Mike Tarner and Steven Coren will meet representatives of Montenegro’s political parties, Montenegro’s parliament announced.
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