Eurasia

The EU doors are open for Montenegro, said Swedish Foreign Minister Karl Bildt after a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milan Rocen. The meeting between the two foreign ministers took place in Krakow within the framework of a ministerial forum. “We hope that in the next years we will witness …

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy today met with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor in Brdo pri Kranju. The two expressed their concern over the recent events in northern Kosovo, said reports.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy was visiting Serbia and was expected to “confirm the Western Balkans’ European perspective”, said reports. Van Rompuy is in Belgrade this Monday where he has met with Serbian President Boris Tadić. 

Integration of the volatile Balkans into European Union is key for regional stability and Brussels remains committed to it, EU president Herman Van Rompuy said. “The European future of the region is key for its stability and the intention is that the process of EU integration clearly continues in the …

SARAJEVO Predsjedavajućeg i devet ministara u Vijeću ministara BiH savjetuje više od 30 savjetnika od kojih će većina nakon četvorogodišnjeg savjetovanja ostati u državnoj službi. Zakonom o državnoj službi u institucijama BiH onemogućeno je da savjetnici postaju državni službenici, ali za većinu su već rezervirana mjesta u državnim institucijama. “Po …

The EU Monitoring Mission will monitor the Georgian military bases, which will further increase the transparency of the Georgian Defense Ministry. A new memorandum signed between the ministry and the EU Monitoring Mission provides this, the Georgian Defense Ministry said.

Bulgaria is a state based on the rule of law and cannot afford to favor certain investors, no matter whether Russian or from elsewhere, said Bulgarian foreign affairs minister Nikolay Mladenov in an interview for Bulgarian Nova TV Sunday evening.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in at 10.00 [local time]. She will visit Tbilisi following her Yerevan visit. According to the U.S. Embassy, Clinton will hold the first meeting at 10.30 in the National Library with women leaders. Then, Clinton will visit the Georgian presidential …

The European Union Council President Herman van Rompuy kicks off a mini tour of the Western Balkans on Monday. The EU’s first permanent president will visit Ljubljana for talks with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor, and later he will be heading to Zagreb for talks with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. …

EU, KFOR and Serbian officials have condemned the tossing of a hand grenade during a Serb protest in the divided northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica on Friday (July 2nd), which killed one man and injured 11 other people. President Boris Tadic called an emergency meeting of the