Eurasia

EU President Herman Van Rompuy said Wednesday he plans to hold a summit of euro-zone leaders by around May 10, where they will move to implement a joint bailout package for Greece. “On the basis of reports to be finalized in the coming days, the heads of state and

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday that Turkey attached a great importance to stability, prosperity and territorial integrity of Georgia and a powerful Georgia would contribute to stability of Caucasus. Davutoglu and his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze had a meeting in capital Ankara and held a joint press …

Macedonian Minister of Defense Zoran Konjanovski is set to meet with NATO Commander in Skopje Valentin Gagasev as well as with newly appointed NATO Commander in Skopje Slovenian David Humar, who will take office on May 3.

The European Union on Tuesday proposed Georgia be included in its visa facilitation and readmission mechanism, increasing the number of such beneficiary countries to nine. The proposal was made by the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation bloc.

Macedonia will never accept a solution for the name spat with Greece that touches upon identity issues, Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov told media on Tuesday. “Every solution that contributes to altering the reference to our language and our uniqueness is unacceptable for Macedonia. We cannot agree that Greek

Serbia has no alternative to arresting fugitive General Ratko Mladic, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, said in Srebrenica. “The priority is still the arrest of the two remaining fugitives, including Mladic,” said Brammertz on Tuesday during his first visit to Srebrenica, …

Brussels will lift travel visa requirements for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in October, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Monday (April 26th), after EU foreign ministers met with EC Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Luxembourg.

The EU on Monday urged Armenia and Turkey to continue the process of normalising their ties. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed her concern about the pace of the process and reiterated calls to continue dialogue without preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe.

High Representative Valentin Inzko met on Monday visiting UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz. The Office of the High Representative issued a statement, saying Inzko reiterated that Western Balkan countries are willing to resolve all issues related to crimes committed during the 1990s’ conflicts. He added that lasting …

Austria will boost its contingent within the EUFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by sending 200 extra soldiers at the beginning of July, Defence Minister Norbert Darabos announced on Monday on the sidelines of an EU defence ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg. Austria currently has 190 troops in BiH. Darabos …