January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia is ready with the answers to the questionnaire of the European Commission (EC) about its readiness to become member of the European Union (EU). The answers have been passed by the Serbian government on Thursday. Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic and Deputy Prime Minister Bojidar Djelic on Monday are expected …
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
Members of the Schengen evaluation group are to decide on Friday if they are going to pass the technical reports for Romania and Bulgaria. On January 14, at the request of the French representative, group members gave some extra time for examination of the
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Colonel Yordan Yordanov from the Bulgarian army is the new Head of NATO Advisory Council in Skopje. He will replace Slovenian Brigadier General David Humar. General Humar had a farewell meeting with Defence Minister Zoran Konjanovski yesterday.
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January 28, 2011 Eurasia News
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mevlut Cavusoglu is set to visit Moldova in February. The PACE President will be accompanied by the Heads of several Assembly groups. Mevlut Cavusoglu showed interest to the situation around constitutional crisis in Moldova, and voiced hope the Moldovan legislature …
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Turkish State Minister Selma Aliye Kavaf visited the Yunus Emre Turkish Culture Center in Bosnian capital city of Sarajevo on Thursday. The Center’s Director General Aida Ozturk presented information
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Croatia’s foreign minister has said that the withdrawal of the country’s ambassador to Belgrade would not help a veteran wanted by Serbia on war crimes charges. Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic was commenting on a statement made on Thursday by the head of the Croatian disabled war
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia, Montenegro
Montenegro will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the region in the coastal town of Budva on Friday. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the
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January 28, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
EU mediator Miroslav Lajcak made it clear on Wednesday (January 26th) that Albania’s European future depends on the will of its leaders and their readiness to apply recommendations from Brussels. After meeting
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January 28, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
No investigation will be launched against anyone mentioned in Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report unless evidence is available, EU officials in Brussels said on Wednesday (January 26th), referring to organ
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January 28, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday (January 26th) there is progress in talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus. “It is clear that the two leaders
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