September 29, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will meet in Washington today. According to reports, they Balkans will be on the agenda of the meeting, among other issues.
Read More »
September 29, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday disputed the testimony of a prosecution witness at his war crimes trial. The witness claimed Bosnian Serb forces, apart from shelling the capital Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war, killed civilians by sniper fire.
Read More »
September 29, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday (September 27th) that the European Commission (EC) will provide financial aid to Greece to reform its asylum system. “We are committed to help and
Read More »
September 29, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia may receive up to 200m euros annually in grants from the EU as part of the Danube Strategy, which will be adopted in the first half next year, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn announced at a
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania edged closer to visa-free travel to the European Union’s Schengen area, a key EU parliamentarian said Tuesday, as her report in favour of the concession was overwhelmingly approved at committee level.
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia remains committed to the Dayton agreement, Serbian President Boris Tadić stated. He stressed that Serbia would continue to protect and respect the legitimate rights of Serbs and all nations who live in the
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Eurasia News
Moldova’s acting president on Tuesday dissolved a hung parliament and set new elections for late November. The announcement of new parliamentary elections by acting president Mihai
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
The Republic of Moldova Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment of Romania concluded a cooperation agreement Monday, in Bucharest. The agreement was concluded by the Moldovan Deputy Minister of Economy, Octavian Calmac, and Karoly Borbely, Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Economy.
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
European Union member states on Monday kept the threat of a visa ban hanging over the leaders of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, as they called for talks on the status of the rebel province to resume. Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. …
Read More »
September 28, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
France made serious remarks regarding EC report, which read that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalization process. Paris raised the question about the efficiency of BiH and Albania in the fight against corruption
Read More »