February, 2012

• 1 February

  EU investments and grants for the Western Balkan countries (Talking points)

  The EU policies in favor of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) began to develop in 2000, when the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western …

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• 1 February

  Greece backs Serbia’s EU integration

  Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas says Athens is a proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and that slowing down of the process would be EU’s strategic mistake. “Greece has been a consistent and loyal proponent of Serbia’s EU accession and we believe

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• 1 February

  Croatian FM urges for bilateral cooperation with Serbia on lawsuits

  Croat FM Vesna Pusić said on Tuesday Serbia and Croatia could discuss withdrawals of genocide lawsuits if they first resolved whatever they could bilaterally. “That refers to stolen property, missing persons and war crimes cases,” she explained.

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• 1 February

  Romania could ask IMF for rising wages

  Romania’s ruling party plans to raise pensions and wages with a view to deflecting some of its current unpopularity with austerity-weary voters. Romania’s centre-right Liberal Democratic Party has mandated Prime Minister Emil

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• 1 February

  Bosnia Serbs ask for fresh Dobrovoljacka war crime investigation

  The interior ministry of the Serb entity sent a complaint to the State Prosecutor on Tuesday demanding it reconsider termination of the Dobrovoljacka war-crime probe. The letter follows the decision of an international prosecutor, Jude Romano, engaged

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• 1 February

  Kosovo wants full independence by end of 2012

  Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year. Four years after seceding from Serbia, Kosovo’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for an

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• 1 February

  EU Prosecutor refused to testify in Limaj trial

  After an EU prosecutor, Maurizio Salustro, refused to testify in the Klecka case, saying he had immunity as an international staffer, Fatmir Limaj’s defence asked the Chief Prosecutor to suspend the Italian lawyer from the trial. Fatmir Limaj’s defence team yesterday

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January, 2012

• 31 January

  Serbian committee to hold meeting on referendum in Kosovo

  The Serbian parliament’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija is set to discuss the decisions by the assemblies of the four municipalities from northern Kosovo. The Serb municipalities have called a referendum for mid-February, where the citizens will

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• 31 January

  France politicians put on hold law on Armenian genocide

  France’s new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide was put on hold Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that its constitutionality be examined.

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• 31 January

  EU hopes to have a debt deal for Greece by end of week

  European leaders Monday called for an accord “by the end of the week” on a 130-billion euro (USD 171-billion) bailout for Greece as well as a debt writedown from private investors. “We urge finance ministers to take all

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