Eurasia

The European Parliament has urged the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to create a joint expert committee with Bulgaria to tackle the sensitive issue of history education in the country. The committee’s task will be to further the objective interpretation of historical events, increase

Serbia can become candidate for EU membership if it fulfills the conditions in time, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said on Tuesday. Fule met with Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić in Brussels today.

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is going to Brussels on January 25 2012 for talks with European Unions leaders as well as Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Plevneliev’s office said. The trip to Brussels is Plevneliev’s first since taking office as head of state. His programme includes meetings with European Council …

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has welcomed the results of Sunday’s Croatian referendum in which approximately 66% of the voters supported the country’s EU membership. “This positive outcome of the referendum is a result of the

Serbian President Boris Tadic has said that a solution to the issue of Pristina’s representation in regional forums “could be found within 24 hours” Tadic told reporters on Monday that a speedy solution would be possible “if U.S. diplomat Philip Reeker’s

An EU prosecutor has asked Russia to assist two of its citizens to appear as witnesses in Kosovo’s Medicus case, as they are believed to be victims of organ harvesting. Nick Hawton, a spokesperson for the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, said on Tuesday that the EU …

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday sacked Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi after he disparaging remarks towards protesters who took part in recent mass

Croatians head to the polls today to vote in a referendum on their bid for European Union membership. Voters will be asked simply whether or not they support Croatia’s EU membership bid. 

General elections and Muslim upheavals The recent general elections in Turkey, as well as the regional context marked by the 2011 upheavals in several Muslim countries in the Mediterranean basin have brought into the light the evolutions in Turkey, a country seen by most of the analysts as a future …

Recent figures The most recent World Gold Council (WGC) Quarterly Report indicates a gold demand of 1053.9 tonnes for the third quarter of 2011, that is an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year. This equates to US$ 57.7bn, an all-time high in value terms. According to …