European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, during a visit to Skopje, has expressed his satisfaction with the dialog between Macedonia and the EU and with the progress achieved. The Commission said the European program is the core of the public debate, despite the existence of lots of challenging issues.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will organize the spring economic forum in Batumi (Georgia) between May 11-14. The forum is expected to focus the discussion on economic challenges of both regional and global importance. Around 250 guests from different countries of the world, including 120 MPs will attend the event.

Romania’s parliament approved a new government on Monday. The Cabinet was installed during a ceremony in the evening. The government was approved by 284 votes and 92 votes against the Cabinet. Victor Ponta, the new Prime Minister, remarked

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says that vandalism, threats and attacks on facilities of the Serbian Orthodox Church are on the rise in Kosovo, which could make difficult the on-progress Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. In his latest report, the UN chief says the number of crimes against minority

Bosnia will organize local elections on October 7 in 139 municipalities, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Monday in Sarajevo. CEC President, Branko Peric, said that 3,213,562 citizens will be eligible for vote, 190,000 more than the last local election in 2008. “Some of the financing will come from …

Greek political parties have to assure stability, confidence and solidarity to complete the effort to restore the economy. That is what Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, who handed in his resignation to the President of the country Carolos Papoulias said.

Romania’s new centre-left government headed by Victor Ponta on Monday won a vote of confidence in parliament, pledging to pursue reforms while seeking to correct social imbalances. The cabinet will be sworn in later in the day during a ceremony at the presidential palace.

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti during the visit to Romania that Moldova could join the EU in the next 7 or 8 years. He noted that the EU integration needs procedures, which require time. Timofti expressed hope that Moldova would meet all the conditions for the EU membership. “To join the …

Serbia’s incumbent president Boris Tadic and opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic will contest the second round of presidential elections. Preliminary estimates based on votes

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president on Monday. This is Putin’s third term in office. “We are entering a new stage of national development,” Putin