Eurasia Press & News

Pierre Mirel, Director of the European Commission’s Enlargement Unit for the Western Balkans will visit Belgrade on 11 May for talks, reports Danas. The paper highlights an expected meeting with Serbia’s interior minister Ivica Dacic, in which Mirel is expected to have talks about the Commission’s upcoming report on Serbia’s …

Fifteen US Congressmen have sent a letter to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton calling for a speedy and just resolution of the long running name row between Athens and Skopje. The congressmen urge the US administration to review Macedonia’s role in contributing to the stability in the southern …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, has urged Kosovo citizens, particularly ethnic Serbs, to return to Kosovo. Along with the Minister for Return and Communities in Kosovo’s government, Sasa Rasic, Thaci invited Serbs to return to Kosovo and re-start their lives in the “Kosovar system of living”. “The government of the …

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has agreed to support Bosnia’s struggling budgets with €1.2 ($1.61) over the next three years, as long as the country reins in its public spending. “Consideration by the (IMF’s Executive) Board will follow the implementation of a number of measures mainly on the fiscal front …

KABUL – Afghan officials said U.S.-ordered bombing runs killed dozens of civilians taking shelter Tuesday from a battle with Taliban militants, and villagers took several truckloads of bodies to show the provincial governor. The U.S. promised a joint investigation. A provincial councilman said he saw about 30 bodies, many of …

Author: Mirza Čubro Državna agencija za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA) zbog apsurdnih zakonskih odredbi na može zaposliti nove djelatnike iako svakom odjelu unutar ove agencije nedostaje orgoman broj policajaca i istražitelja. Vlasti BiH u produciranju afera i nelogičnosti često nadmaše same sebe, što je zaista teško. Jasno je da politički …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dropped plans to attend a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council this month in protest at NATO’s expulsion of Russian diplomats, Russia’s NATO envoy said on Tuesday. NATO said it regretted Russia’s decision and hoped a new date would soon be agreed for the talks. …

The Belgian government has asked Russia when two diplomats expelled by NATO over a spy scandal will be leaving their posts, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. NATO, whose headquarters are in Brussels, expelled the two men on Wednesday, the same day the military alliance held its first formal …

ODGORICA, Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic was to begin consultations Monday (May 4th) with Montenegro’s political parties regarding the formation of a new government. The talks, however, are being boycotted by two opposition parties — the Socialist People’s Party and New Serbian Democracy.

YEREVAN, Armenia Former president and opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Friday (May 1st) that his Armenian National Congress Party will back reconciliation efforts towards Turkey.