Eurasia

The European Parliament Rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, arrived in Kosovo on Wednesday (October 20th) for meetings with officials in charge of EU integration and visa

Ukraine Defense Minister Mikhail Yezhel and his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, signed a deal Wednesday on Russia’s Black Sea fleet based in Crimea, southern Ukraine. “Under the deal, the Russian side is committed to annually inform the Ukrainian side about the exact number of its personnel, equipment and weapons of …

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić is visiting Slovenia and he will speak to his hosts about Serbia’s EU integration and the planned Belgrade-Priština dialogue on Kosovo. The Serbian FM said after the meeting with his Slovenian

Negotiations on Transnistrian conflict settlement may be resumed after the Republic of Moldova is through with its election process, presumes President Dmitry Medvedev. The Russian leader stated at a joint news conference in Deauville-sur-Mer (France), organized to cover the results of Russian-French-German consultations today, that the Transnistrian settlement topic was …

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov will leave on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Serbia. Ivanov is to meet with Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic. The two will discuss the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, the development of the economic ties and the European integration of the region.

The Bulgarian Parliament has cited legislation inadequacies as a reason not to delay the scheduling of a referendum on Turkey’s EU accession. After debates on the referendum petition tabled by the nationalist party

“Macedonia registered great progress over the last years on its way to the European Union. The EU accession is needed so as to attract foreign investments, decrease the unemployment rate and it is an engine for the multi-ethnic society. Thus the country should not miss its chance,” said President of …

The U.S. supports the OSCE observation mission’s return to Georgia, the U.S. State Department representative Mark Toner said at a briefing held in Washington. According to Toner, the OSCE mission’s work in place will guarantee security, which will contribute to

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Strasbourg that he hopes that with the mediation of his special envoy Matthey Nimetz there will be soon a solution to the Athens-Skopje name dispute. “I know that there are

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will make a one-day trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will make a one-day trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday, his office said on Tuesday.