Eurasia

Ukraine’s recently elected president Viktor Yanukovych said on Monday any discussion about Ukraine’s accession to the European Union was premature. “We will see when the time comes,” he said after talks with the European Commission’s president, Jose Manuel Barroso.

Croatian Assembly Speaker Luka Bebić and his Serbian counterpart Slavica Đukić-Dejanović meet to discuss cooperation between the two countries. After the talks at the Croatian Assembly in Zagreb, Bebić said that Croatia wished to “establish and develop good neighborly relations with Serbia”.

The European Commissioner for energy Günther Oettinger arrives today for a two-day-visit to Bulgaria to discuss energy security issues. Oettinger will meet Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Minister of the Economy Traicho Traikov. He will also give a speech at the Atlantic Council conference, Еuropena Commission press office announced. …

Discutiile cu SUA privind scutul antiracheta vizeaza amplasarea pe teritoriul Romaniei a unui numar de circa 20 interceptoare, care sa fie instalate intr-o locatie “adecvata”, iar procesul de negociere a unui acord in acest sens va dura, probabil, un an si jumatate, potrivit ministrului de Externe. Negocierile dintre Romania si …

The EU high-ranking delegation will arrive in Georgia March 3-4. The delegation will be headed by Miguel Angel Moratinos, Foreign Minister of Spain, presiding in the EU Georgian, Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a briefing today. “The visit has a great importance,” she said.

The sole border crossing between Russia and Georgia, called Verkhny Lars in Russian and Darial Gorge in Georgian, reopened at 7:00 am local time this morning following a brief ceremony.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is meeting top Serbian officials on Monday to offer France’s help in Serbia’s European integration process. Ahead of the trip the FM’s spokesman, Bernard Valero, said that Kouchner’s visit is a sign of “France’s commitment to the development of the whole region and to the …

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas told Macedonian media on Monday that a solution could be reached in the Athens-Skopje “name” spat as soon as tomorrow if there is the necessary political will to do so, adding that Athens has that will.

Radovan Karadzic will deliver his opening statement today and tomorrow in his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, following which the Prosecution will call its first witnesses.

Albanian Opposition Socialist Party (SP) leader Edi Rama said Friday that his party is again leaving parliament and threatened large public protests unless Prime Minister Sali Berisha agrees to open the ballot boxes of the June 2009 general elections.