Eurasia Press & News

Experts from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, engaged in conflict resolution and civil society, discussed in Bucharest the initiative of the “Black Sea platform of peace”. This platform should provide a comprehensive, transparent, democratic space for civil society in the region. The platform is a regional initiative of the …

Liviu Nogoita is Romania’s Prime Minister-designate but chances of actually getting the job appear slim. He is hoping for a government with broad political support. But the opposition-dominated parliament looks set to reject him, intensifying the country’s political deadlock.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, admitted Saturday he had reprimanded his Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, over a recent remark. Naydenov recently said he expected the state to win the suits against former Tsar and former PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg for the annulling the restitution of 16 000 decares of forests (plots …

Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, said Saturday he was not going to approve the recall of the country’s Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. “I am not convinced that these two diplomats are guilty,” Parvanov said. Earlier this week the Bulgarian government approved the recall of the Ambassadors to Turkey and …

With a clear absence of political will on the part of Bosnia’s leaders, US and EU officials recently initiated, organized and led (failed) talks on reforming the country’s constitution – a much needed measure to move it out of political deadlock and closer to EU membership, Anes Alic writes for …

„Este rus cel care consideră că limba lui este rusa, cultura lui este cultura rusă, istoria lui este istoria rusă…” (Din Programul Partidului Naţional Bolşevic) Minoritatea „etno-imperială” a pensionarilor din marile oraşe – veritabilă „coloana a cincea” – are un omolog în „tânăra generaţie” de extracţie rusă şi care încearcă, …

Vijeće ministara BiH utvrdilo je jučer Nacrt budžeta BiH za 2010. godinu, koji je za oko sedam miliona KM manji od ovogodišnjeg. Nacrt je usvojen većinom glasova. Protiv su bili Selmo Cikotić i Safet Halilović, ministri odbrane, odnosno ljudskih prava i izbjeglica BiH. “Nacrt budžeta je usklađen s budžetskim okvirom …

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a one-day visit to Cyprus on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. Jeremić will meet with President Dimitris Christofias, President of the House of Representatives Marios Karoyian and Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, it was announced.

Macedonian government will hold session to review issues related to EU integration. Macedonia expects negotiation date for EU membership from EU Council on December 7.

The EU monitoring mission (EUMM) must expand its activities in Georgia, mission head Hansjorg Habber said in an interview with Imedi television. He said the issue of expanding the EU mission became more topical when the UN mission and OSCE mandates expired and they ceased their activities in Georgia.