September, 2011

• 18 September

  Kosovo Serbs Man Barricades But Stay Calm

  Serb-run northern Kosovo remained calm on Saturday, one day after the controversial deployment of EU police and Kosovo customs officials on border crossings with Serbia. Kosovo customs staff and EULEX police arrived by helicopter at the crossings at Jarinje and Brnjak at around 8am on Friday under an agreement with …

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• 13 September

  Macedonian FM to visit Serbia

  Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki leaves Tuesday on an official visit to Belgrade. During the visit Poposki will meet with Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic. The two will discuss the development of the bilateral cooperation and support in the Euro-Atlantic processes in the two countries.

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• 13 September

  Macedonia, Kosovo have no open issues, says Kosovo’s ambassador

  There are no open issues standing between Macedonia and Kosovo, Kosovo’s ambassador to Skopje Skender Durmishi after meeting with Mayor of Debar Argetim Fida. In Durmishi’s words, there are no open issues but there are new motives and hopes for further development of the bilateral relations and cooperation. Durmishi gave …

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• 13 September

  EU Envoy Urges Bosnian Serbs To End Impasse

  Ahead of a meeting in Sarajevo on Wednesday, Peter Sorensen pleads with Bosnia’s leaders to let people ‘have an ordinary life’. In a move to nudge Bosnia’s quarreling leaders in the direction of forming a central government, Peter Sorensen, the EU’s Special Representative to Bosnia, met the Bosnian Serb leader, …

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• 13 September

  Serbian government prepares letter to UN regarding Kosovo

  The Serbian government is “preparing a letter to be sent to the UN secretary general”,  concerning the crisis in Kosovo. Tthe government is warning that the Priština authorities were making statements about taking over administrative line crossings that were announcing violence.

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• 13 September

  New round of negotiations between Greece and Macedonia to start in New York

  UN Mediator in the Greek-Macedonian name dispute, Matthew Nimetz, is preparing a new proposal for solution to the long-burning issue. It is expected for Nimetz to speed up the talks with the two countries. 

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• 13 September

  US, Romania to sign missile shield agreement

  The United States will sign on Tuesday an agreement with Romania on the deployment of its missile shield elements in the European country, the US Department of State said in a statement. “On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

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• 13 September

  Hague chief prosecutor to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić in Belgrade

  Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, who is on a two-day visit to Belgrade on Tuesday, will confer with Serbian President Boris Tadić. Brammertz arrived on Monday on his first visit to Belgrade after the arrest of Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and

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• 13 September

  Priština cannot take unilateral decisions without Belgrade, says Serbian official

  Goran Bogdanović says it is unacceptable for EULEX, KFOR and the Priština to reach agreement on administrative crossings and only inform Serbian authorities. Referring to the deployment of customs at the administrative line

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• 13 September

  Catherine Ashton welcomes Moldova-Transnistria talks

  EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has welcomed the meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Vlad Filat and the Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov. The meeting took place on 9 September in the German town of Bad Reichenhall and

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