Eurasia

Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandr Konuzin was in Kosovo on Wednesday, in the northern, Serb-dominated part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. Beta news agency reports that he stated that the Russian Federation and Serbia had good political and economic cooperation, but that it was necessary to expand it …

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović was on Wednesday touring several villages in the province’s Kosovsko Pomoravlje district. As he met with the local Serbs, he said that those of them who participated in the recently held Kosovo Albanian government-organized local elections, which Belgrade rejected, “did not lose faith in Belgrade …

Macedonia and Kosovo’s Ministers of Economy Fatmir Besimi and Ahmet Shala signed an agreement intended to boost economic cooperation. The document should make cooperation between the two countries in the energy, infrastructure, transport, agriculture, construction, tourism, environment and other sectors much easier, the two ministers said at the signing ceremony …

The Council of Ministers of the European Energy Community may take a decision on admittance of Moldova to the membership of this organization. Moldovan Vice-Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar will participate in the VII sitting of the Council, which will be opened in Zagreb on Thursday.

A delegation headed by Prime Minister Vlad Filat will be in Brussels during December 20-22 to take part in the meeting of the Moldova-EU Cooperation Council. The delegation consists of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca, two more persons from the Foreign Ministry …

Romania’s newly reelected President Traian Basescu Thursday designated democrat liberal leader and acting Prime Minister Emil Boc to head the country’s new government. “Considering the current political situation, I have to adopt the only solution I see right now for Romania to meet its top priority, which is to have …

The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the Hague Tribunal until the end of 2012. This was announced by the United Nations in New York on Wednesday.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says Serbia is doing all in its power to arrest the remaining fugitives from the Hague Tribunal, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić. However, speaking in Belgrade on Wednesday, he added that the time of their arrest was “a very relative category”.

Since the War Crimes Department in the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina was set up in 2005, 58 war crimes sentences have been passed. 41 Serbs, 11 Croats, 5 Bosniaks and 1 mujahidin of Middle East descent have been sentenced for war crimes. Ten sentences concern crimes against Serbs, six …

Poslanici SNSD-a u Predstavničkom domu parlamenta BiH na jučerašnjoj sjednici najavili su da neće podržati budžet BiH za narednu godinu. Većina ostalih stranaka podržala je predloženi budžet u prvom čitanju. Poslanici nisu postigli jedinstven stav o zahtjevu predsjedvajućeg Vijeća ministara BiH o smjeni ministra za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH …