Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca says Moscow is increasingly open to a “more intense dialogue” with Chisinau over the breakaway region of Transdniester. Leanca said on November 21 that Moldovan officials will ask Russian Foreign Minister

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will arrive in Georgia for a two-day visit on Nov. 29. Mr Sargsyan had planned to visit Georgia on Nov.1-3, but the visit was postponed. The visit was postponed due to an offensive remark made by Mr Saakashvili when he unflatteringly spoke of the work of …

The European Commission on November 21 offered more than €200 million in grant assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The funds come from the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) and were decided at a meeting on November 14 in which IPA priorities for 2012 and 2013 were set.