Eurasia

Belgium Addresses Serbia Politicians on Asylum Issue

The Belgian embassy in Belgrade has told politicians from South Serbia that it will deny all requests for asylum which have been submitted by Serbian nationals this year. According to Beta news agency, Riza Halimi, the only ethnic Albanian MP in Serbia’s parliament, said that he was informed on Tuesday …

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Negotiations for visa regime liberalization for Moldovans set to start in June

European and Moldovan officials will negotiate visa regime liberalization beginning in June. The decision was taken by 5 European Commission observers after their official mission in Moldova. They met Moldova Prime Minister Vlad Filat and set the start of negotiations regarding visa regime liberalization for Moldovans in June 2010.

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Romanian PM Boc to facilitate issuing of traffic permits for Moldovan citizens

Romanian PM Emil Boc deputed the foreign affairs minister to issue a new application blank for small border traffic permits. Boc is willing to take further steps to facilitate obtaining traffic permits. Yesterday, Emil Boc had a phone discussion with his Moldovan opposite number Vlad Filat. They spoke about the …

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UK Aids Balkan Hysteria

The arrest of a former Bosnian wartime politician in London is convenient for Balkan nationalist rhetoric: It lends Serbia a boost of power in the eyes of the public and throws Bosnia’s ethno-nationalists another bone of contention to use ahead of elections, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The …

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Ukraine parliament ousts Tymoshenko in vote

The Ukraine parliament has ousted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with a vote of no confidence. Viktor Yanukovych, the country’s recently elected president, now needs to form a working coalition to run the country.

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Bosnia Ambassador to Serbia Gives Credentials to Serbia

Bosnian Ambassador Borisa Arnaut submitted his credentials to the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade on Wednesday. Addressing reporters for the first time upon his arrival in Serbia, Borisa said that his priorities will be developing good-neighbourly relations, eliminating differences and finding common interests between Serbia and Bosnia.

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