Balkans

Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitriis Droutsas has invited the UN special envoy on the name issue Matthew Nimetz to visit Athens. The brief statement released by Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says Droutsas invited the UN mediator in telephone conversation. No further details on the conversation have been disclosed thus …

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki kicked off his two-day visit to Slovenia. FM Milososki is scheduled to open the offices for the new Macedonian embassy in Ljubljana late today. On Tuesday he is scheduled to meet his Slovenian counterpart Samuel Zbogar. FM Milososki’s visit follows, ten days after the visit …

Macedonia will have to return some of the money it has received from the EU for education and culture projects if allegations of fraud committed by government officials prove to be true. Brussels has already frozen funds allocated for this sector and is currently conducting an investigation that should determine …

I am concerned when we talk about Bulgaria, to talk about Bulgaria. German government can ensure a fair chance, not to speak about an entire region but for each country individually and for its efforts. The assessment is currently being given by the European Commission and European Central Bank – …

The First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government, Igor Shuvalov, will pay a visit to Moldova in the first half of February, not next week as was initially agreed upon. His visit has been postponed because the next week is going to be too busy for the official Chisinau, who …

The Swedish government announced Thursday, January 21, it would open 10 new embassies, including in the Republic of Moldova, to strengthen Sweden’s presence in the countries which benefit from Swedish aid programs. Besides Moldova, Swedish embassies will open in Albania, Kosovo, Georgia and a number of African countries. At the …

SNSD ne protivi se popisu svih državljana BiH, bez obzira na to da li žive u zemlji ili su u dijaspori, rekao je juče Lazar Prodanović, zamjenik predsjedavajućeg Kluba poslanika SNSD-a u Predstavničkom domu parlamenta BiH. Poslanici su u četvrtak odbacili zakon o popisu u prvom čitanju, između ostalog, jer …

EULEX police spokesperson Karin Limdal confirmed that EULEX has taken over the case of Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti from UNMIK. She said that the process being led against him will continue on February 15 before the Priština District Court. Limdal said that it is a continuation of a case that …

Bosnian Serb leaders voiced their intention to hold a census in the Serb dominated part of the country Republika Srpska following last week’s failure by the country’s central parliament to pass a law that would open the way for a nationwide census in 2011. “Republika Srpska’s government has submitted a …

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called on farmers to lift blockages, noting that in the hard conditions of the financial crisis the authorities in the country cannot grant them financial support. The protesting Greek farmers have been blocking the Bulgarian-Greek border