Eurasia Press & News

The decision on the EU candidate status will not be vital for Serbia’s fate, Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has said. He said: “It will not be the end of the world if it is to be postponed once again, because that would not mean that reforms are not being …

Serbian ministers in new government quash talk of giving Kosovars right to visit Bosnia. Ministers of Bosnia’s two main Serbian parties, the Alliance

Bulgaria declared Thursday its support for granting Serbia an official EU candidate member statute. The country followed in the footsteps of France, Italy and Austria, who made similar moves earlier during the day. The support was voiced by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov: “Bulgaria endorses Serbia for receiving

Austria, France and Italy have issued a joint plea to open the EU door to Serbia at a summit next week. In a note Wednesday to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreign ministers from the three

Five Russian strategic bombers have raised alert with the Bulgarian and Turkish Air Forces after flying close by over the Black Sea on Wednesday. The five Russian Tu-22 bombers were detected right

The Greek parliament approved Thursday a law on a historic 107-billion-euro debt writedown with private creditors, a key element in a new eurozone bailout designed to avoid default.

GREEK MPs are debating emergency legislation to approve a massive bond swap that would shave €107bn off the country’s privately held debt. Parliament will vote on the proposed deal, which has already been approved at committee level. The governing coalition controls a strong enough majority to pass the law. The …

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday and meet with senior Serbian officials. Westerwelle will discuss the forthcoming decision of the European Council concerning Serbia’s EU membership candidate status and the dialog between Belgrade and Priština. Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday, where he will meet with …

The Belgrade-Priština dialogue continued Thursday at 10:00 CET. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović has said that he is ready for another day of hard talks. “We will fight till the end to find a solution in the framework of Resolution 1244, the Constitution

Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians