Eurasia

Egypt and Croatia agreed to bolster cooperation over the weekend, according to a Croatian government communiqué, released to mark the visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Zagreb. According to the statement, the sides “agreed to achieve closer cooperation” in the energy and tourism sectors, AFP reports.

The current situation in the Balkans reveals a worrying trend of political and security developments that may lead to renewed round of brinkmanship, even of conflict, between different countries and ethnic groups. Although, for the time being, the Balkan issues have not attracted the eye of the global media, it …

„Dar Ţările Baltice şi Moldova nu aparţin Uniunii Sovietice!..” (Margaret Thatcher, „Le Figaro”, 29 august 1990) Frontiera euroatlantică a ajuns la Prut şi există riscul să rămână acolo, cel puţin pentru încă o generaţie. „Revoluţiile colorate” au fost un proiect generos şi substanţial, dar consecinţele nu au fost cele aşteptate. …

UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier called for pragmatism at Thursday’s UN Security Council meeting on Kosovo. Zannier, who presented the UN secretary general’s report at the meeting, stated that greater participation by Serbs and other minorities in the local institutions could be useful and that it would increase the chances of …

A Kosovo Serb delegation will today hand President Boris Tadić a petition signed by 48,000 Serbs calling on EULEX to leave Kosovo. The deputy speaker of the Kosovo Serb assembly, Marko Jakšić, told B92 that EULEX did not belong in Kosovo because it was not neutral when it came to …

Kosovo’s foreign policy chief Skender Hyseni told the UN Security Council yesterday that the security situation in Kosovo was “stable and peaceful.” He also accused Belgrade of obstructing the integration of Serbs.

The leaders of seven parliamentary parties from the Republic of Srpska will be meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadić in Belgrade on Friday. The RS politicians were invited to Belgrade ahead of the next meeting in Butmir between Bosnian politicians and American and EU officials. 

The Communist faction fumes each time the nine ministers, together with Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca of Chisinau, participate in Parliament’s meetings. Members of Parliament will be able to concurrently hold a second office for a period of up to six months, under an amendment due to be considered in the legislature …

The initiative came from Prime Minister Vlad Filat, who argued that some Cabinet members, who haven’t yet vacated their seats in Parliament, should attend the meeting with the Swedish delegation. Parliament’s meeting on Friday , October 16, has been postponed until Tuesday, October 20.

Macedonian prime minister hopes that Macedonian would receive a date for start of negotiations for membership in the European Union, now that the European Commission issued a recommendation for launch of the accession talks. In the letter sent to the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, PM Nikola …