October 3, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to Tbilisi is a significant event in Georgia-France relations, Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing in Tbilisi on Monday. During the meeting, Sarkozy will meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. The sides will discuss bilateral
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October 3, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
The next round of the Russian-Georgian negotiations on the Russian Federation’s joining the WTO will be held on October 7-8, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania said at a briefing on Monday. He said that this is likely to be the last round of talks this year.
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October 3, 2011 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha will pay an official visit to Macedonia by the end of October. Berisha was supposed to visit Macedonia in May 2010 after an invitation by Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski but the trip was cancelled
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October 3, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
Today marks the one year since Bosnia and Herzegovina’s last general election and the 12th sucessive month that the country has had no newly formed government. In the meantime, the country, which is being run using a technical mandate outlined in the Dayton Constitution, faces plummeting foreign direct investment, rising …
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September 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The EU mediator in the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, Robert Cooper, will visit Serbia next week. The dialog with Pristina, which ceased after seven Serbs
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September 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik has said Serbia’s response to the situation in North Kosovo should be much more vigorous. According to him Belgrade should insist on the separation of Kosovo’s northern region and its accession to Serbia.
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September 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Bulgaria is an important partner of Georgia and is seen as the shortest way the country can reach the EU, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has declared after meeting with Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov. “Our two countries are very much alike – we have gone through
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September 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
Macedonia will enter the European Union before Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, congratulating Skopje in advance during his visit to the Balkan country. “On the EU process, I believe Macedonia will enter the EU before Turkey. The process continues at a fast pace. We are a …
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September 30, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia should return to the negotiating table as soon as possible and focus on its priorities, European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Jelko Kacin has stated. He added that Serbia’s priorities are not entirely clear now when the EU candidate status is within reach.
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September 30, 2011 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia met in Warsaw Thursday. Successful development of bilateral relations was underlined at the meeting. The sides expressed confidence Azerbaijan-Georgia cooperation would continue to expand in a variety of fields.
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