October, 2011

• 10 October

  EU facilitator Robert Cooper visits Pristina

  EU facilitator in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue Robert Cooper will meet with the representatives of the Kosovo Albanian institutions in Priština on Monday. Head of the Kosovo Albanian delegation in the dialogue with Belgrade Edita Tahiri confirmed she will meet with Cooper, who

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• 10 October

  Moldova, Ukraine to speed up demarcation of their joint border

  Ukraine and Moldova have agreed to intensify work on the demarcation of their joint border, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov was quoted as saying by the press on 4 October. He noted that on 26-27 September, Acting Moldovan President and Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu made an official visit to …

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• 10 October

  Romania hopes to increase bilateral relations with China

  The development of bilateral relations in all fields of mutual interest is one of Romania’s priorities. Wide partnership of friendship and cooperation with China assures the general policy framework in which we are determined to act for the recovery

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• 10 October

  Bulgaria to set up Danube navigation information system

  Bulgaria’s government has moved to absorb EU money for the creation of an information system of the navigation of the Danube River. The project will cost BGN 35.4 M, with 85% of that coming from EU funds under the Operational Program

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• 7 October

  French European Affairs Minister sayst that Serbia will certainly join EU

  French European Affairs Minister Jean Leonetti says Serbia will certainly become a full-fledged member of the EU and that its membership is not questionable. Pointing out that Serbia has already made significant progress on its EU pathway, the French minister said that “much more effort needs to be made in …

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• 7 October

  PACE adopts resolution on Balkans political situation

  Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) adopted late Thursday a resolution on the political situation in the Balkans. “The PACE urged all the countries of the region to work towards reconciliation and enhancement of dialogue”, head of the Serbian

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• 7 October

  IMF delegation to visit Romania

  A delegation of the International Monetary Fund will visit Romania between October 25 and November 7 for the third review of a EUR3.5 billion precautionary agreement signed end March. “The mission will meet with the authorities, as well as with representatives of political parties, unions, business

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• 7 October

  EU facilitator and Serbian Minister for Kosovo agreed that dialogue most continue soon

  Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović said Friday he and EU facilitator Robert Cooper agreed that the dialogue needed to continue as soon as possible. He added and that an independent investigation into the incidents at the Jarinje administrative crossing was necessary.

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• 7 October

  Sarkozy urges Turkey to recognize Armenian genocide

  French leader Nicholas Sarkozy visited Armenia and called on Turkey to recognize the 1915 killings of Armenians as genocide, hopefully during his tenure as president. “If a big country like Turkey accepts the dark pages of its history…. Armenia and France will see it as a real step forward,” Sarkozy …

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• 7 October

  Croatia did not back down from the draft law on the annulment of indictments issued in Serbia

  The Croatian government in Zagreb on did not back down from the draft law on the annulment of indictments issued in Serbia. Jadranka Kosor’s cabinet even proposed a declaration alongside this regulation claiming that

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