Eurasia Press & News

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele will travel to Pristina and Mitrovica north today and tomorrow on his second official visit to Kosovo. Commissioner Fuele will meet with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo Minister of European Integration Besim Beqaj. He will also meet representatives of the international community in …

Skopje and Athens might reach a compromising solution to the name dispute during the Spain’s EU presidency, said European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule. He says Athens and Skopje should make further efforts to find a solution to the issue by the end of June.

Macedonia’s response to Bulgaria’s initiative for signing the agreement on good neighborly relations is going in a direction, which will lead to finding an acceptable deal for the two countries. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki made the remarks yesterday, after meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Mladenov.

An International conference on local self-government is to take place in Pristina. This conference aims to present the local self-government reform and Kosovo’s decentralization process as well as share experiences and good practices from the countries in the region. Ministers from Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovenia and Turkey …

UN envoy Alexander Downer said on Tuesday (May 4th) that talks to reunify the divided island will resume in the last week of May. Downer made the announcement after a meeting with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias in Nicosia. That followed Monday’s meeting between Downer and newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis …

Kosovo Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni told EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on Tuesday (May 4th) that Kosovo will participate in the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sarajevo only as an equal partner with other participants. Hyseni delivered the same message to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Paris. The subject is …

Bulgaria and Macedonia will have new ambassadors. Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Milošoski announced that Bulgaria and Macedonia have issued consents for the new ambassadors in the two countries. “I am pleased to announce this fact. The new Macedonian Ambassador to Bulgaria is Blagoj Handziski, who has received consent …

UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS director Kori Udovicki will visit Georgia May 5-8. During the three-day visit she will meet with representatives of the Georgian government, political parties, international organizations and civil society, the UN’s office told Trend.

Bosnians will head to the polls on October 3 in what has been described as a crucial post-war general election, with the outcome likely determining wether the country will move forward on its EU path or remain stuck in political deadlock.

Both private and public sector trade unions are staging a general strike in Greece, the latter for 48 hours, to protest against the government’s austerity plans. It is against the backdrop of a black wednesday for the euro, hit by financial worries the Greek crisis may spread to other EU …