Eurasia Press & News

The informal meeting of NATO defense ministers will begin in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday. The informal meeting will focus exclusively on Afghanistan and Kosovo defense systems’ transformation.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said on Thursday that he is ready to meet opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, adding that he hopes that the meeting would be fruitful in terms of overcoming the political impasse. PM Berisha on Wednesday met with representatives of European institutions in Tirana. The …

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Berlin that relations between Serbia and Croatia must turn towards the future. She said about the cooling of relations between the neighboring countries after the Croatian president’s statement of the possibility of a military intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina – that politicians need to think …

The International Monetary Fund said Serbia has breached its stand-by funding agreement by allocating more than previously agreed sum for public sector wages in its 2010 budget. Serbia has allocated 120 million euros more than pre-agreed with the Fund, B92 quoted the IMF Resident Representative in Serbia, Bogdan Lissovolik, as …

On Tuesday evening, during a meeting with the decision-making factors, Mihai Ghimpu asked them to prepare the regulatory, institutional and technical framework for implementing Moldo-Romanian projects debated during the recent visit of the Romanian President Traian Basescu to Chisinau.

The Bucharest Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) specifies the procurement procedure of the building for the future Romanian General Consulate to Balti is under development. This announcement was made in the context of the news on this issue released on Wednesday by DECA-press Agency.

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had a phone talk with his Greek counterpart Georgios Papandreou. Gruevski’s cabinet announced that the talk was held at the initiative of the Macedonian prime minister.

The detailed planning of Nabucco will be carried out by five engineering companies from all countries participating in the project, Mr Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH, said.

Bulgaria’s new EC commissioner designate responsible for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response, Kristalina Georgieva, seemed to impress her inquisitors in the EU Parliament during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Several MEPs congratulated Georgieva’s command of her new proposed portfolio, including British Labour MEP Michael Cashman, who praised Georgieva’s …

Greek President Karolos Papoulias was re-elected for a second five-year term in office Wednesday after winning majority support in a parliamentary vote.