January, 2012

• 18 January

  Bosnia stops war crimes investigation of former president Ejup Ganic

  Bosnia’s prosecution said Tuesday it has decided to halt a probe for alleged war crimes of former wartime president Ejup Ganic and 13 others in a case also investigated by neighbouring Serbia.

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• 18 January

  Bulgarian FM visits Greece

  Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will arrive in Greece for a brief visit on Wednesday, the country’s Foreign Ministry has announced. In Athens, Mladenov will meet with his Greek counterpart Stavros Dimas. The two Foreign Ministers are expected to discuss their countries’ bilateral relations, as well as the situation in …

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• 18 January

  EU to start visa talks with Kosovo

  Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi describes move as ‘a new beginning’ for Kosovo and for its relations with Brussels. Dialogue between the European Commission and Kosovo on visa liberalisation will start on January 19, the European Commission liaison office in Pristina has announced.

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• 18 January

  Croatia and Slovenia agree to start border arbitration talks

  Croatia and Slovenia have agreed on the members of the arbitration panel tasked with settling their border dispute, and the panel’s work is set to begin. The court’s president will be Gilbert Guillaume of France, while the other two members will be Bruno Simma

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• 17 January

  Fifth day of demonstrations in Romania

  Anti-government protesters demanded the resignation of Romania’s President Trian Basescu on Monday during the fifth day of demonstrations across the country sparked by a controversial healthcare bill.

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• 17 January

  NATO session to discuss Kosovo, relation with Russia

  The NATO’s Military Committee (MC) will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Afghanistan. The meeting will debate on Kosovo and it will be addressed by KFOR Commander Erhard Drews and EULEX Chief Xavier Bout de Marnhac. The MC will also meet in NATO-Russia Council …

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• 17 January

  Turkish parliament delegation visit Georgia

  On Tuesday morning in Georgia paid an official visit the delegation of Foreign Relations Committee of the Turkish Parliament. During the visit the delegation will meet today with the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the

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• 17 January

  Azerbaijan, Georgia discuss cooperation on recognition of mutual place names

  Azerbaijan and Georgia should expand cooperation in mutual recognition of place names. It was mentioned at a meeting between the Azerbaijani State Standardization, Metrology and Patents Committee Chairman Ramiz Hasanov and Georgian National Intellectual Property Center Chairman (“Sakpatenti”) Irakli Gvaladze and Deputy Chairman Ekaterine Egutia.

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• 17 January

  Romania makes efforts to end CVM

  Romanian Justice Minister Cătălin Predoiu said his country had made unprecedented efforts to reform its law enforcement system, suggesting that Bucharest wanted to see the EU monitoring mechanism put in place five years ago removed by the summer. Predoiu met with several EU officials and

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• 17 January

  Protests in Greece as EU, IMF officials visit

  Thousands of angry Greek workers marched to parliament on Tuesday to protest against austerity, waving banners reading “EU, IMF out!” as Athens’ lenders arrived for talks in a race against the clock to avert a bankruptcy.

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