Eurasia

The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee approved the ratification of Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. This is according to MP Henk Jan Ormel.

The Secretariat of the Moldovan Parliament and the General Secretariat of the Romanian Parliament will cooperate according to a common plan of actions signed on Thursday, June 30, in Chisinau. 

Four Romanian policemen have arrived at the District Police in Bulgaria’s Dobrich in order to start patrolling the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts together with their local colleagues. The joint Bulgarian-Romanian patrols of Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts for the 2011 summer season start as of July 1. …

Croatia will close the four remaining policy chapters and formally complete its EU accession negotiations at a ministerial accession conference on Thursday afternoon, just a few hours prior to the end of Hungary’s EU presidency term. The European Council last week adopted a political decision to complete negotiations with Croatia. …

NATO’s secretary general met top Montenegrin officials in Budva on Wednesday, marking the first anniversary of Montenegro’s Membership Action Plan, MAP, for the alliance. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, met Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic and Prime Minister Igor Luksic to discuss progress made in the

The summit of heads of state and government of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) today began in Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. The South East Europe Cooperation Process is a regional initiative started in June 1996 during a meeting

The new round of talks between Belgrade and Priština on technical issues will take place in Brussels on July 2. The two delegations are expected to reach agreement on some of the issues that have been opened during the talks, primarily on the freedom of movement, the cadastre and registry …

The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged nations around the world to help arrest Goran Hadžić, the last fugitive wanted by the UN war crimes court. 

Bucharest’s decision to reduce the number of troops on overseas missions is approved by most Romanians. “This is the right decision, as we will not be risking the lives of our children and we will reduce spending on military operations,” says Mitica Pantea, 47, a construction engineer.

The European Commission has said all parties in Turkey should contribute to the integrity and proper functioning of the Turkish Parliament. A statement released by the office of Stefan Füle, EU commissioner for enlargement, said Turkey might face important challenges