Eurasia Press & News

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy is set to visit Macedonia tomorrow. He is to confer with the Macedonian leaders about EC’s upcoming report on Macedonia’s progress.

Spain on Monday ended its military mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon described Spanish troops as having ‘fulfilled’ their task, Spanish media reported. ‘Peace has been brought where it seemed impossible to have it,’ Chacon said during a visit to Sarajevo, ending 18 years of Spanish military …

Rusia doreşte să facă parte din Comitetul Politic şi de Cooperare, o structură care stabileşte politica externă a Uniunii Europene, informează New York Times. “Am dori ca Rusia şi Uniunea Europeană să poată lua decizii comune”, afirmă Vladimir Cijov, ambasadorul Rusiei la UE, într-un interviu acordat International Herald Tribune, transmite …

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked the Hague Tribunal to issue a binding order requesting that the Bosnian government submit a number of documents relevant to his defence. The indictee said the military documents were necessary for the trial, which is being held before

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt will visit Romania on Monday and Tuesday, at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu. Official talks between the two heads of State, followed by a joint press conference, will take place at the Cotroceni Palace today. The meeting will focus on the development of …

Both Bulgaria and Romania might profit from South Stream, stated Bulgarian economy minister Traikov, commenting on views that the two countries are competing for a place in the Russian project. Speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, Traikov stated that there are many opportunities for

Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has “warmly welcomed” Moldova’s ratification on 12 October of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “This is an important step towards combating

Serbia is a key for the stability and security in the Western Balkans, Romanian President Traian Basescu said at an international forum in Bucharest. Basescu added the pro-European authorities in Belgrade should be supported. He also noted Romania considers it very important to back up the European road of Moldova …

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Friday met with Armenia’s Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan to discuss bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. The two men also exchanged views on the activity of Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental committee as well as cultural and political dialogue. Ambassador Gasparyan thanked the Romanian government …

Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to speed up negotiations on the South Stream gas pipeline, Alexei Miller, CEO of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Friday in Sofia. Miller explained that the two sides had made significant progress in speeding up the process of implementing the South Stream project, following …