Eurasia Press & News

Kosovo officials say they are ready for talks with Serbia, but vowed not to discuss Kosovo’s status. Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Monday (September 13th) that parliament must

Montenegro and the EU signed an agreement Monday (September 13th) on security procedures for exchanging classified information, the foreign ministry announced. After the ceremony involving Montenegro’s Aleksandar Andrija Pejovic and the EU’s Robert Cooper, the officials noted that the exchange of classified information on common foreign, security and defence policy …

The EU General Affairs Council is likely to verify Serbia’s EU membership application and ask the European Commission (EC) to begin its assessment in October, Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere said after an EU

The European Commission (EC) believes that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have made considerable progress regarding the EU visa liberalisation process. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday (September 13th) that the EC has evaluated a report by experts who visited Tirana and Sarajevo in July. …

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Romania signed an agreement establishing a joint venture under the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) gas transportation project, the Sate Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) reported.

Belgrade is fully ready to begin dialogue with Priština, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović stated. Serbia would “modify its negotiation approach depending on the format of the talks,” Bogdanović told

Bulgaria and Romania’s efforts in combating corruption and organized crime are insufficient and need to be urgently stepped up, EU foreign affairs ministers have stated. The EU ministers, meeting in

Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych paid a visit to the European Union on Monday, seeking ways to strengthen relations between the two sides in view of the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit, which is scheduled for November this year.

Croatia has given up hope of completing European Union accession negotiations by the end of the year, the Croatian Times has reported. Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had suggested two weeks ago that the talks would be completed by the end of 2010, or at the latest, the beginning of …

BiH, The Prosecution Office is investigating several people from Bugojno, Sarajevo and Gornja Maoca for suspected ties to the Wahhabi movement, prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic told Glas Srpske on Monday