Eurasia Press & News

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic has said his country could become an EU candidate by the end of this year. Djelic said that this could happen if the country gets it candidacy questionnaire from the EU by mid spring and fills it out by the summer. The questionnaire aims …

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her country’s support for Montenegro’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Clinton congratulated Montenegro on receiving its Action Plan for membership to NATO, MAP, in December last year. “I offered, and support US efforts to establish rule of law by seeking membership to NATO and the …

Politically speaking, the year 2009 for Bosnia and Herzegovina was a wash, as the country’s leaders failed to meet the majority of requirements for EU and NATO integration. This year’s election could change that, but no one’s holding their breath, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. Having failed to …

Poslanici SDA i Stranke za BiH u Predstavničkom domu parlamenta BiH uskratili su jučer podršku Prijedlogu zakona o popisu stanovništva u BiH naglašavajući kako BiH treba popisati sve svoje državljane bez obzira na to gdje žive, što nije predviđeno ovim zakonom. Poslanici iz RS podržali su popis insistirajući da se …

Lifting blockades along border checkpoints could be expected as early as beginning of February. Unfortunately I couldn’t give more optimistic prognosis. This is what interim Bulgarian Consul General to Thessaloniki Lachezar Ivanov declared. “Greek government and especially the Minister of Agriculture and Foods stated their readiness for dialing and solving …

Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger will present, Friday the initiative for Euro integration of Western Balkans in Skopje, which is aimed at speeding up the Euro integration process of the countries in the region, media reported. Yesterday Spindelegger presented the initiative in Athens. It is expected Michael Spindelegger …

Moldovan interim president Mihai Ghimpu invited the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Jean Paul Costa, to Moldova. „I invited you to come to Republic of Moldova in February or in another period of time suitable for you”, Mihai Ghimpu said. Mihai Ghimpu considers that Jean Paul Costa would …

On Wednesday, during his meeting with ambassadors to Bucharest, Traian Basescu stated that supporting Republic of Moldova in term of accession to European Union is a “dear project” of Romania. He specified that he would make his first visit as a head of state to Chisinau in one week. President …

Sweden announced on January 21 that it would close six embassies, while at the same time opening 10 new embassies by upgrading section offices in those countries. Among the embassies to be closed was the Swedish embassy to Bulgaria. Besides the embassy in Sofia, other Swedish embassies to be closed …

European Commissioner President José Manuel Barroso is scheduled to confer on Thursday with World Bank’s Kristalina Georgieva, the replacement candidate for Bulgaria’s new commissioner. The meeting comes a day after Barroso announced that Georgieva is nominated for the same portfolio – that of humanitarian aid – as that of the …