Eurasia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad paid a visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday (November 9th), the first by a Syrian head of state in 24 years. During a joint press conference with Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov, Assad urged

KFOR will protect Kosovo’s cultural heritage, Commander Erhard Buhler said during a visit to Mitrovica on Tuesday (November 9th), where he met with the Muslim community to discuss the security situation. Buhler

Croatia’s Parliament’s legislation committee on Tuesday (November 9th) unanimously supported the government’s proposal to hold a referendum on Croatia’s EU membership after signing the accession treaty. The current

The European Commission has approved the granting of EU candidate country status to Montenegro, stated European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. Fuele, at a press conference in Brussels, said that Montenegro

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has expressed satisfaction with the European Commission’s report which he received on Tuesday from the head of the EU delegation in Macedonia Erwan Fouere. Gruevski says the report assesses the progress in all areas. According to him there are remarks the government will pay much …

Macedonia has received an invitation to participate in Belene nuclear power plant. Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho Traykov told Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Pesevski during the Vienna Economic Forum

Participants in a Danube summit that started in Bucharest on Monday (November 8th) adopted a declaration on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia reiterated in the document their commitment to implementing the strategy

Croatian police arrested on Monday (November 8th) former Bjelovar wartime official Jure Simic on suspicion of war crimes committed against prisoners of war during the 1991-1995 conflict. Prosecutors say Simic ordered the murder of three members of the former Yugoslav Army, part of a larger group of military officers captured by …

EULEX head Xavier Bout de Marnhac said on Monday (November 8th) that corruption investigations are ongoing and that new developments can be expected soon. “This is a very serious issue … There will

José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, has advised Romania to speed up efforts to reform its judiciary system and combat corruption if it wants to join the EU’s border-free Schengen area. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu