Eurasia Press & News

Greek Ambassador in Serbia Dimosthenis Stoidis said that Serbia will become EU member state by 2014. Ambassador Stoidis said that Serbia has a chance to continue its road towards EU besides the current economic crisis, following his meeting with Novi Pazar mayor Meho Mahmutovic. “Greece is our great friend and …

Macedonian top officials are in constant coordination regarding name dispute with Greece and Macedonia’s stance has been announced to US Ambassador and Macedonian name negotiator Zoran Jolevski. Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov made the remarks following the question about whether Macedonian authorities share the same stance on name issue.

The parliament of Bosnia’s Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska, will hold a special session on Tuesday to discuss a draft law on referendum in defiance of repeated calls by the international community against the move. The draft law which is to be discussed was submitted to the parliament in January …

Matthew Nimetz has accepted the invitation send by Macedonian officials to visit Skopje on February 23rd, Macedonian Foreign Ministry said. UN special envoy in the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece will visit Skopje following the invitation send by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is not known whether he …

The friendly ties between Georgia and Ukraine will remain after Sunday’s presidential elections in Ukraine, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said Monday.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Emil Boc are scheduled to meet on February 12 2010 to reassess the future development of the Dunav Most 2 (Danube Bridge 2) construction project, Investor.bg said on February 9 2010. Danube Bridge 2, which is set to link the Bulgarian …

I believe that we have managed to establish mutual fellowship with the new elected Prime Minister and colleagues of the Cabinet. Therefore my major efforts are for further strengthening and stabilization of the traditionally strong relations of our countries in all fields of mutual interest, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Yuriy …

The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gave a welcome to the completion of the second round of voting in the Ukrainian presidential elections in a statement publushed Monday, Xinhua News Agency informed. “The generally calm atmosphere in which the elections were conducted, the open campaign in the media …

European Parliament (EP) member Doris Pack says Kosovo needs 12 to 18 months to meet the EU-set criteria before it can benefit from visa liberalisation. “It depends on politics. If Kosovo authorities work faster, the processes can move faster too,” Pack was quoted as saying by public broadcaster RTK on …

European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans Tanja Fajon says BiH has made significant progress in implementing conditions in its EU visa liberalisation road map. In an interview with the Sarajevo-based daily Dnevni Avaz on Sunday (February 7th), Fajon said she expects the country to get …