Eurasia Press & News

Council of Europe delegation will visit Georgia on July 2-3. The delegation includes CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland and chairman of the CoE Cabinet of Ministers – Slovenian Foreign

The war crimes prosecutor in Belgrade has submitted an indictment against four people for crimes committed in Croatia in 1991. All four are former members of the police in the so-called

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milsoski is set to meet EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule in Brussels on Tuesday. Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that their meeting will focus on fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria for membership ahead of the

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reiterated on Sunday (June 27th) that nobody has put the issue of Greece leaving the eurozone on the table. In an interview with the BBC, Papandreou said that Athens has taken all necessary measures to avoid this option, and the fact that an EU/IMF mechanism …

Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu said on Sunday (June 27th) that talks to reunify the divided island could lead to a deal by the end of the year. This would require the Greek Cypriot side to demonstrate that it wants to meet the target, Eroglu told the Anadolu news agency …

Moldova canceled a decree on creating Soviet Occupation Day at the request of the ruling coalition, Moldovan Democratic Party leader Marian Lupu said.

The Kosovo Albanian, and Albanian PMs stated that they believe that the ICJ decision will work to the advantage of Kosovo. They also said it would result in new recognitions.

Ministrul Afacerilor Externe, Teodor Baconschi, a declarat vineri, la Bucuresti, in timpul vizitei omologului sau german, Guido Westerwelle, ca Romania doreste sa primeasca “confirmarea interesului Germaniei pentru Strategia UE a Dunarii si pentru a face din Republica Moldova o poveste de succes a Parteneriatului Estic”. “Daca trupele rusesti de acolo …

The regional summit held near Prizren, at which the presidents of Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro were in attendance, focused mainly on free travel. Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said that there is an initiative for forming a mini-Schengen zone for free movement throughout the Balkans.

The Belgian government reassured Western Balkans states that the doors of European Union are open for every country in the region, while adding that all must fulfill the necessary conditions before being invited to join the 27 nation bloc.