Eurasia Press & News

Defense ministers of NATO member states hold a meeting at the end of the week, where they will discuss the troops reduction in Kosovo. They will discuss on KFOR operations as the first step has already been made, NATO Secretary General Andres Faugh Rasmussen said. Towards the end of January, …

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will pay an official visit to Ukraine June 10-11. During his visit, Vashadze will meet with his Ukrainian Counterpart Konstantin Grishenko, as well as other senior officials, the ministry said.  

Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic and his Serbian counterpart Dragan Sutanovac have signed a “historic agreement” on military cooperation. Currently on a two-day visit to Zagreb, Sutanovac met with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Monday, and the two agreed that there was no alternative to cooperation between the two countries …

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc late on Monday asked for a Parliamentary vote of confidence over the government’s efforts to adopt drastic measures to cut spending, including lowering public wages by one-fourth and pensions by 15 per cent.

The main topic of the talks between the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy June 8 will be execution of the peace agreement signed August 12, 2008. the Georgian ambassador to France Mamuka Kudava told journalists in Paris.

The UN war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict Thursday (June 10th) against seven Bosnian Serb officers suspected of genocide or crimes against humanity in Srebrenica in 1995. Vujadin Popovic, Ljubisa Beara, Drago Nikolic, Ljubomir Borovcanin and Vinko Pandurevic are charged with genocide, while Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero stand …

Membership to NATO means more defence spending, local media reported on Monday (June 7th). To meet the criteria to join the Alliance, the government had to double defence spending, from about 9m euros in 2005 to about 19m euros in 2009. The money reportedly was used to modernise the military …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy will mainly mull execution of the peace agreement dated Aug.12, 2008 during their meeting to be held June 8 in Paris, Georgian Ambassador to France Mamuka Kudava told journalist.

Cancelarul geman Angela Merkel si presedintele rus Dmitri Medvedev i-au cerut Uniunii Europene formarea unui nou consiliu de securitate care sa se ocupe cu rezolvarea conflictelor de genul celui din Transnistria.

Spanish Ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana says that he believes that Serbia will continue the EU integration process with no Kosovo status as precondition. “Many top-ranking European officials said that this issue will not be set as prerequisite to Serbia’s