Eurasia Press & News

GEROGIA This morning, the Georgian delegation has left for Switzerland, where it will participate in meetings to resolve conflicts in the Caucasus under the Geneva format. Representatives of Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, as well as EU, UN and the U.S will attend the traditional meetings under the Geneva format.

MOLDOVA Moldova’s acting president Mihai Gimpu on Wednesday said the new ruling coalition would neither attempt to join NATO, nor try to return the country to Romanian control. He made the comments to Moldova’s PROTV television channel. Gimpu, who is also speaker of parliament, took over as acting president after …

BULGARIA The Belene nuclear power project should be given a chance but without the state committing any taxpayers’ money, said Bulgarian energy minister Traycho Traykov. Speaking to Nova Television on Tuesday, he explained that the power station could be built without any commitments on the part of the Bulgarian government. …

RUSSIA Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday accused the United States of “blocking” Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Medvedev also denied claims that he and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are at odds over how Russia should seek entry into the WTO. He made the remarks at a meeting …

SERBIA Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia has fulfilled all the conditions required for EU visa liberalisation, Fonet news agency reported on Tuesday. “I am sure that Serbia has met all the conditions and that a positive decision will be taken by the European Commission, EC, at the …

BiH Three senior international envoys have strongly condemned Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for accusing Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) of staging civilian massacres. “Any attempt to change the established historical record of war crimes is unacceptable and inexcusable,” High Representative Valentin Inzko, the head of the Council of Europe in Bosnia …

ROMANIA Late on Tuesday, the Romanian government called for a confidence vote on three key laws. mandating major budget and public sector employment cuts. Shortly thereafter, President Traian Basescu addressed the house, urging the current centre-left coalition to maintain its unity, saying it represents a “necessary political compromise”.

BiH Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Prijedlog zakona o podjeli 170,9 miliona KM dobivenih sporazumom o sukcesiji bivše SFRJ. Prema zakonskom prijedlogu usvojenom većinom glasova, 10 odsto od ovog iznosa pripast će državi, 58 odsto Federaciji BiH, 29 odsto Republici Srpskoj i tri odsto Brčko distriktu. “Finansijska sredstva koja …

BiH Stranka demokratske akcije nije odustala od povlačenja svojih ministara iz Vijeća ministara BiH, tvrdi Halid Genjac, predsjednik Glavnog odbora SDA i prvi stranački operativac za imenovanja na državnom nivou. Genjac ističe da je moguće da će SDA zatražiti i ostavku predsjedavajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH Nikole Špirića zbog, kako kaže, …

MOLDOVA Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, who is also the caretaker head of state, said that they can use certain alternatives in case the Communists Party refuses to vote for the candidate for the presidency proposed by the Alliance for European Integration (AEI). “The president will be elected constitutionally. We count on …