January, 2012

• 10 January

  Kosovo crossings in Serbia fixed

  Kosovo citizens can again enter Serbia at the Merdare border, after Belgrade fixed a technical glitch that had delayed crossings for several days. For three days in a row, hundreds of passengers were stuck at the main

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• 9 January

  Germany urges Greece to respect debt deal

  The latest in a series of Franco-German meetings to deal with the eurozone crisis saw little in the way of concrete decisions, but Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to warn Greece there will be no more money unless progress is made on details of the country’s second aid package. 

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• 9 January

  Serbian President receives Medal of the Serb Republic

  Serbian President Boris Tadić is among the recipients of the Medal of the Serb Republic, presented on the 20th anniversary of the Serb entity’s founding. RS President Milorad Dodik signed a decree awarding the medal to several former RS presidents and a number of Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) dignitaries and …

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• 9 January

  Valentin Inzko hopes that Bosnia will achieve its goals in 2012

  Council of Ministers in Bosnia recently reached an agreement on measures to resolve concrete issues regarding the EU, High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said. As a result of the agreement, Inzko expects this year to be better for Bosnia-Herzegovina even though 2011 has been lost. 

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• 9 January

  Moldovian President pleased after Transnistrian leader’s pledge to ease border controls

  Moldova’s acting President Marian Lupu says he is encouraged by pledges from the new leader of the country’s breakaway Transdniester region to ease border controls. Yevgeny Shevchuk, who won a runoff presidential election

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• 9 January

  Afghanistan will move embassy from Bulgaria to Greece

  Afghanistan would shut its embassy in Bulgaria and open a mission in Greece in a few months to assist thousand of illegal migrants in that country, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The embassy in Athens would open by the end of March to address …

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• 9 January

  Republika Srpska celebrates 20th year anniversary

  Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity is celebrating twenty years since its creation on Monday, with the Serbian president and other top politicians set to make appearances. Republika Srpska, one of the two entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, is celebrating its founding on Monday

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• 9 January

  Skopje prepares for upcoming name talks with Greece

  Macedonia will lean on the world court ruling related to its name dispute with Greece at the forthcoming UN talks with Athens. Skopje planned to use the ruling in the next set of talks, scheduled for January.  

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December, 2011

• 28 December

  EU facilitator for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue not satisfied with results

  I expect a new Belgrade- Priština meeting to be held in January and I believe that an agreement is already close, EU facilitator Robert Cooper has stated. When asked whether he was satisfied with the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, Cooper said that he was not. 

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• 28 December

  Turkey approves South Stream pipeline construction

  Turkey on Wednesday has allowed Russia to construct South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea. At the beginning of December Russia and Turkey discussed many energy issues, including the South Stream project. Ankara was delaying the construction permit in its territorial waters.

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