October, 2011

• 24 October

  Bulgaria and Romania will join Schengen by July 2012, says Bulgarian PM

  In March 2012, the sea and air borders of Bulgaria and Romania should be included in the passport-free Schengen area and their land borders are expected to follow in July, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said. He was speaking during his visit to Brussels, where he attended the European Council …

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• 21 October

  KFOR expects new talks with Kosovan Serbs on Saturday

  KFOR commander general Erhard Drevs has said a new meeting with representatives of Kosovan Serbs might take place on Saturday. Meanwhile, ethnic Serbs are reinforcing the barricades close to the village of Zupce.

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• 21 October

  Macedonian-Greek border is open again

  The checkpoints on the Macedonian-Greek border are open again. The checkpoints were closed due to Greek customs officers’ strike, which ended on Friday morning. Busy traffic is expected at all checkpoints.

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• 21 October

  Macedonia pledges to achieve EU objective

  Macedonia is prepared to achieve its strategic objective and fulfilling the tasks assigned. That’s why it expects European conduct from the EU, said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. “We have experienced many things in the past 20 years and we are prepared to achieve its strategic objective,” said Ivanov.

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• 21 October

  Albania and Kosovo will unify consular services

  Albania’s government has ratified an agreement which unifies consular services and practices with Kosovo and halves costs for both countries. “Albanians should feel the same in Tirana and Pristina,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha during a cabinet meeting yesterday. He added that similar practices should be followed in other areas like …

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• 21 October

  Romanian hopes for Schengen decision on October 23

  Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but …

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• 21 October

  Turkey starts military campaign agaisnt PKK

  The Turkish military launches a massive campaign to hunt down militants from the outlawed PKK responsible for the deaths of 24 soldiers as the country mourns and protests erupt in dozens of cities. Thousands of elite Turkish troops went on the offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in …

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• 21 October

  Third amended indictment submitted in Mladic case

  The Hague Tribunal prosecution on Thursday submitted for the judges’ confirmation the third amended indictment against Ratko Mladić. The former military leader of Serbs in Bosnia is facing the added count for the execution by a firing squad of around 30 Muslims in the Šekovici municipality

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• 21 October

  No results after Georgian-Russian WTO negotiations

  Russia and Georgia failed again to reach an agreement on Russia’s accession to the WTO at the next round of talks on Oct. 20, head of the Georgian delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told Georgian journalists.

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• 20 October

  Moldova sets November 18 for presidential election

  Moldova has set November 18 as the date for a presidential election in a fresh bid to end a leadership crisis which has paralyzed reform in one of Europe’s poorest countries for more than two years.

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