Eurasia

Balkan leaders to attend 65th UN General Assembly in New York

Balkan leaders are in New York  to attend this week’s 65th UN General Assembly. The meeting is aimed at accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals that are scheduled to be met by 2015.There will also be a Balkan Summit, attended by the presidents and prime ministers of Balkan states, …

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Serbia expects Kosovo’s status to be included in talks

Serbia expects the status of Kosovo to be on the agenda of upcoming talks between Belgrade and Pristina, Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on Sunday (September 19th). He added that since the recently passed resolution on Kosovo at the UN General Assembly did not recognise its independence, any future …

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Kosovo Albanian president: K. Albanians want EULEX to act in north

The Kosovo Albanian president and prime minister requested from EULEX to act in mostly Serb northern Kosovo, said reports. The Albanian language daily Koha Ditore writes that they want the EU mission to “begin combating organized crime and arresting the main suspects for smuggling and other serious criminal acts”.

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Tadic and Thaci to meet for Kosovo talks

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Serbian President Boris Tadic are expected to meet EU officials this week to discuss the possibility for Pristina-Belgrade talks. The two are set to meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in New York. The first meeting will be a “symbolic”, meaning that …

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UN mediator Matthew Nimetz sees positive development in Macedonia-Greece name dispute

Matthew Nimetz, the UN mediator in the name row between Macedonia and Greece, said he sees a positive development in the dispute, but he didn’t table any new proposal during the late Sunday’s meeting with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov.

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