July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia’s Minister of Defense Zoran Konjanovski and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki pointed out that Macedonia holds intensive name talks with Greece. They made the remarks at the meeting with NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.
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July 7, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Oslo hosts the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA). OSCE PA President Joao Soares opened the session. In his welcoming speech, Soares praised the reform carried out in Georgia and noted that the refugees are
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July 7, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia`s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. The President expressed confidence the Georgian FM`s visit would be fruitful and successful. President Aliyev said
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July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
The Belgian EU presidency is willing to help facilitate an agreement between Macedonia and Greece on the name dispute in order to make the start of accession talks between Skopje and Brussels possible.
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July 7, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
The European Parliament will hold a debate on Albania on Wednesday, with MEPs and the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton expected to participate. The Parliament is also expected to vote on a resolution on Albania drafted by Greek left-wing MEP Nikolaos Chountis. Speaking for Deutsche Welle radio Chountis said …
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July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Momcilo Mandic testified at the trial of Radovan Karadzic that some individuals carried out ethnic cleansing of the non-Serbian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war, but that they did not do it
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July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, has said that the fight against corruption and organised crime is one of the main priorities for Kosovo’s development.
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July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said on Monday (July 5th) that Greece has managed to slash its budget deficit by 42% since the beginning of the year. According to the Central Bank, the deficit is now 4.9% of GDP, or 11.45 billion euros, compared to 19.685 billion euros a year …
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July 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
According to an announcement Monday, an appeals chamber of the UN war crimes tribunal plans to rule July 21st on the verdict handed down to former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and two other former
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July 6, 2010 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined new initiatives to boost economic development in the restive North Caucasus. Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region fueled by poverty, unemployment and corruption. Speaking in Kislovodsk, in Russia’s southern Stavropol region, Putin called on
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