June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
If a solution to the Athens-Skopje name spat is not found soon, Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration could be delayed for a longer period, Macedonian opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski said in an interview on Sunday.
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Ukraine’s President Victor Yanukovych said Friday at the press conference, marking his 100 days at the presidential office, that he refuses to recognize independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo.
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June 7, 2010 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
An unofficial deadline set in a meeting in Strasbourg for Albanian political leaders to resolve the country’s political crisis expired on Thursday with no solution in sight. After meeting with EU representatives in Strasbourg two weeks ago, Albania’s main political parties have failed to reach an agreement to overcome the …
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Croatia, Eurasia News
Slovenians are voting in a referendum on Sunday (June 6th) on an agreement on settling their country’s border issues with neighbouring Croatia
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Friday (June 4th) rejected a statement by Kosovo Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni, who said BiH
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Kosovo’s judiciary is still too weak to handle the challenges it faces, and its reform capabilities are too fragile, EULEX said in a report on Friday (June 4th). The Programme Report 2010 is based on 12-month surveillance by EULEX monitors placed within Kosovo justice, police
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
BiH – Members of the European People’s Party (EPP) group gathered on Saturday (June 5th) at a conference in Sarajevo to discuss co-operation and EU integration. In a joint statement they voiced support for the EU perspective for all countries from the region. The participants also stressed that perpetrators of …
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June 7, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Talks to reunify Cyprus are continuing in line with the parameters that have already been agreed between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders and the UN, Alexander Downer, the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on Cyprus, said on Friday (June 4th). “All chapters are being negotiated with the aim of increasing …
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June 4, 2010 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Setting a date for Macedonia’s EU accession talks will double the country’s enthusiasm for adopting reforms, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki told media on Thursday. Milososki made the remarks after a regular meeting of Macedonian government officials
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June 4, 2010 Eurasia News, Romania News
The Alliance for European Integration (AEI) decided to hold a consultative referendum on the procedure for electing the head of state in September and legislative and presidential elections in November. The decision was made public in a news comforter on June 3, in the presence of the Secretary
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