March, 2012

• 1 March

  Bulgaria withdraws ambassador from Belarus

  Bulgaria is withdrawing its ambassador from Belarus a day after Minsk ordered the ambassadors of Poland and the EU to leave the country, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has announced. “After yesterday President Alexander Lukashenko kicked out

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• 1 March

  EU leaders to decide on Serbia’s candidate status today

  A two-day summit of EU leaders will begin in Brussels on Thursday and the final decision on Serbia’s EU candidate status is expected to be made tonight. According to a schedule, the EU leaders should discuss whether to grant Serbia the

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• 1 March

  Gruevski to have name dialogue with Greek PM in Brussels

  Nikola Gruevski is set to meet Greek counterpart Lucas Papademos at the sidelines of the EU Summit in Brussels on Thursday. Over a month ago, PM Gruevski invited the Greek PM to dialogue. Papademos accepted the initiative

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• 1 March

  Estonia could shut down embassy in Bulgaria

  Estonia’s government will start discussions on whether the country should close its embassy in Bulgaria. The Estonian embassy in Sofia could be closed at the end of 2012. Estonia has reportedly analyzed the work of its diplomatic missions abroad, deciding to move its Ambassadors to several Balkan states to Tallinn.

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• 1 March

  The Netherlands still against Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen accession

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that the Netherlands will oppose Romania and Bulgaria’s entry into the Schengen zone until they implement reforms. A decision requires unanimity among member nations of the Schengen visa-free travel zone.

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• 1 March

  Bulgaria OKs EU fiscal agreement

  Bulgaria’s Cabinet has given a green light to the country’s accession to the draft EU Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. Thus, Bulgaria will be one of the 25 EU member states to join the so called EU fiscal pact, with the UK and …

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• 1 March

  EU urges Skopje to make spy dossiers available

  European Parliament report is likely to recommend making dossiers of former police informants available to the public – a move the authorities are already considering. The draft European Parliament Report on Macedonia, set

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• 1 March

  Dragan Obrenovic released earlier for ‘extraordinary collaboration’

  The Hague Tribunal has approved the early release of Dragan Obrenovic, who has served 10 out of a total of 17 years in prison for war crimes in Srebrenica. Patrick Robinson, then President

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February, 2012

• 29 February

  US ambassador to Skopje says name must be solved before joining NATO

  “The US position about Macedonia’s NATO membership remains unchanged. We want to see the country become a member of the Alliance but it has to solve the name issue,” said US Ambassador to Skopje Paul Wohlers. In Wohlers’ words, the US would not raise the initiative for Macedonia’s membership at …

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• 29 February

  Serbian nationaists gather 200,000 signatures against EU integration

  The Serbian Radical Party has announced that it will struggle with all means against Serbia’s EU bid. On Wednesday the party submitted a petition of about 200,000 signatures against

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