Eurasia Press & News

Greek President Karolos Papoulias has appealed to his counterpart in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) regarding discussions over the dispute on the Balkan country’s name. Papoulias sent a letter to President Gjorge Ivanov,

The IMF and the EU will review from April 24 to May 7 the economic situation in Romania during a new audit. “A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Jeffrey Franks, will visit Bucharest from April 24 to May 7, 2012, to conduct the fifth review of …

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey could invoke NATO’s article 5 to protect its border with Syria. The article 5 states that an attack on a member constitutes an attack on all members.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the Yugoslavian war crimes court Wednesday to postpone the start of his defence case for almost a year, saying he needs to more time to prepare. Facing 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, Karadzic submitted

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Hashim Thaci met in New York at UN headquarters and discussed the latest events in Kosovo . The meeting focused on Kosovska Mitrovica recent conflicts and the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Thaci thanked the UN and the secretary general personally on the UN’s …

Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Bakir Izetbegovic discussed Bosnia’s objective to join the Alliance with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen earlier on Wednesday. “The Euro-Atlantic integration process is the only realistic platform that

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the European Integration Teuta Arifi will visit Bulgaria tomorrow (11 April). Arifi will meet with Bulgarian FM Nikolay Mladenov and Minister of European Funds Management Tomislav Donchev. After the meetings, a press conference will be held on 13:30 local time.

The Bulgarian and Moldovan governments decided to sign an agreement about cooperation in case of disasters. Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has been assigned to carry on with the negotiations. The deal will be signed when the Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat will pay a visit to Sofia on 19 …

A second ordinary plenary session of Euronest took place in in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 2-4 April. The forum’s purpose is to promote political and economic integration between the EU and Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. 

Lucas Papademos, the Greek PM, is expected to announce on Wednesday the snap election date for May 6. Papademos will meet later today with the country’s president, Karolos Papoulias, and ask for elections to take place 18 months ahead of regularly scheduled elections.