Eurasia

Albania and Montenegro undertake measures to prevent floods and improve water infrastructure around the Lake Skadar. The Albanian ministers of agriculture and ecology met with the Montenegrin agriculture minister in Budva. The two ministers discussed measures to prevent floods.

“Looking at the Macedonian issue, as well as at many other burning issues in the Balkans, we see that there is a need to take more active role in the solving of these issues. I think that the US approach at the

New Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti pledged on Friday to reform his country to make it fit for European Union membership. Timofti, during his oath on Friday, said Moldova’s only path is the EU. 

The Georgian MPs and State Minister on Diaspora Affairs in connection with the 20th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan on Friday will go to Gakh region of Azerbaijan, where are living ethnic Georgians. 

Austrian President Heinz Fischer will visit Belgrade on Friday, where he will meet with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic. Tadic said that this visit is a confirmation of the good

Newly elected President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti will be sworn in on Friday in Chisinau. Around 500 guests are expected to participate on the inauguration. Foreign presidents and representatives of the opposition Communist Party led by former President Vladimir Voronin will not attend. After the ceremony ends, a state reception will …

Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze met with the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort at the Ministry. The two discussed important issues from the agenda of the Geneva negotiations and in particular the situation in the occupied territories …

“Montenegro is in principle close to opening accession negotiations. Now it needs to run this final straight towards this very ambitious goal,” President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Baroso announced. However, he stressed that significant work remains to be done. 

Shemsi Nuhiu has been extradited to Belgrade on Wednesday night. In cooperation with Serbian special police, the Swiss government transferred Nuhiu by regular flight Zurich- Belgrade, after which he was taken to the state prison.

President of the Economic and Social Council (E.S.C.) of Greece said that Greece is ready to extend assistance to