Eurasia Press & News

The Turkish Coast Guard’s TCSG-122 ship will arrive in Georgian territorial waters July 14. The ship will sail to Georgia under a military cooperation plan between the Turkish General Staff and the Georgian Border Police.

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said here on Tuesday that his country supports the establishing of an independent Palestinian state, and will continue to keep good relations with Israel. “I had once again the opportunity to emphasize that fair and lasting solution of the Middle East peace process

One of Bulgaria’s right-wing nationalist parties, VMRO, said that it would ask Parliament to debate whether the country should hold a referendum on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, after the party claimed to have gathered 300 000 signatures from Bulgarian citizens calling for a referendum.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will be awarded visa liberalisation with the EU by the end of this year, but the situation in Albania is more complicated, MEP Eduard Kukan has said, adding that Kosovo’s negotiations for visa liberalisation can begin despite existing issues.

Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Monetary and Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn expressed satisfaction Monday (July 12th) with Greece’s budget stabilisation process. After a meeting of eurozone

Turkey’s Cabinet ministers and senior representatives of the EU met Tuesday in Istanbul. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis led the Turkish delegation. The EU has been represented by

A delegation of EU experts will be arriving in Tirana soon to evaluate efforts to join the bloc’s visa-free travel regime, the European Commission office in Albania confirmed on Monday. No official schedule for the visit has been

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu reiterated on Monday (July 12th) that Pristina and Belgrade could hold talks on any issue except Kosovo’s status. In his annual address to parliament, he urged Serbia to distance itself from groups

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom praised efforts by Serbian police and the effects of abolishing visa requirements for Serbian citizens, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday in Brussels, after

Serbian Deputy Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Milan Petrović said that war-time Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency member Ejup Ganić would have a fair trial in Serbia. A legal battle for the extradition of the Bosnian Muslim politician from Britain to Serbia in currently underway in London.