Eurasia Press & News

Serbian President Boris Tadić says Serbia “definitely wants to become a member of the EU”, and that it will “never give up on protecting its integrity in Kosovo”. Those are the two key points of Serbia’s current and future policy, Tadić said at a ceremony in Požarevac this Thursday, marking …

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has arrived in the Macedonian town of Tetovo. In the Southeastern European University Mladenov will meet the rector academician Aledin Abazi.

The Republic of Moldova and Romania have signed an agreement on collaboration in social protection of Moldova citizens staying in Romania and of Romania citizens in Moldova. Moldova’s Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Labor Valentina Buliga told a news conference today the

EU to start accession talks with Macedonia and Iceland at the same time. This was said in the official letter send to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on March 23 by Slovenian MEP Jelko Kacin.

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 …