October, 2011

• 26 October

  Serb Leader in North Kosovo demands right to join Serbia

  A Serb leader in North Kosovo says the 50,000 Serbs living there want to merge with Serbia, and will not live in an independent Kosovo, whatever the EU and NATO say. The head of the Serbian National Council, Nebojsa Jovic, says that 50,000 Kosovo Serbs living in the area north …

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• 26 October

  Skopje received positive report from the European Commission

  Macedonia receives a positive report from the European Commission for a third time and implements essential reforms in its judicial system, education, healthcare, fight with crime and corruption for a third time, reads the conclusion from a conference organized by the youth organization of the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE. According to …

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• 26 October

  NATO expressed concern over political situation in Bosnia

  A delegation of the NATO parliamentary assembly, led by Lord Michael Jopling, has expressed their concern about the political situation in Bosnia, which has been unable to form a new government more than one year after general elections were held.

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• 26 October

  Skopje justice system annuled four war crimes cases

  The last of the four war-crimes cases concerning atrocities originally alleged to have been committed by former ethnic Albanian rebels during the 2001 armed conflict have been annulled by the Macedonian justice system. On Tuesday, the Prosecutor’s Office in Macedonia stated that it had given up from

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• 24 October

  Spiritual leaders from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia to meet

  Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian spiritual leaders will meet in Yerevan in late November, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II said at a meeting with the mediators of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. The meeting will be held within the meeting of the presidium of the CIS inter-religious council.

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• 24 October

  Next round of Georgian-Russian WTO talks to be held on October 25

  The next round of Georgian-Russian WTO talks will be held on Oct.25, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing on Monday. Kalandadze stressed that Russia does not agree to the requirement on transparency of Georgia’s

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• 24 October

  No progress after Serb leaders from Northern Kosovo meeting with Serbian President

  There was no “significant progress” in the meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadić late on Sunday, said leaders of Serb municipalities from northern Kosovo. After the meeting in Belgrade, they stated that they received assurance that agreement on the deployment of Kosovo Albanian

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• 24 October

  Georgia relations with Azerbaijan very important, says Georgian FM

  Georgia attaches great importance to its relations with Azerbaijan and the high-level meetings allow to resolve issues of bilateral relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing on Monday. Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze is expected to pay an official visit to Baku on Oct.26-27.

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• 24 October

  Armenian President visits Russia

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on an official visit to Russia on October 23-25, will meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the development of bilateral cooperation. “Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan are expected to discuss a broad variety of key issues in the bilateral cooperation, perspectives …

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• 24 October

  Bosnia, Uzbekistan boost bilateral relations

  Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Uzbekistan with a residence in Moscow Zeljko Janjetovic handed over credentials addressed to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to the Foreign Ministry, the ministry reported. During the meeting at the ministry, the sides discussed the Uzbek-Bosnian

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