May, 2012

• 16 May

  Greece to hold elections on June 17

  Greece will hold new elections on June 17, after members of parliament couldn’t agree on a coalition government following the last election earlier this month. A court official will be appointed PM of the interim government, but most likely will not influence internationally agreements.

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• 16 May

  Armenian ambassador to Georgia met First Deputy FM

  On May 15, Armenian ambassador to Georgia Hovhannes Manoukian met with Georgian First Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze. The two discussed the collapse of the Armenian Surb Nshan Church in Tbilisi and launch of the overhaul of Armenian Drama Theater in Tbilisi, as well as bilateral relations.

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• 16 May

  Mladic trial started on Hague Tribunal

  The prosecution’s opening arguments mark the start of the trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, the last trial at the Hague Tribunal. Mladic entered the plea of not guilty to all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica genocide calling the accusations …

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• 16 May

  Inzko presents positive report on Bosnia

  Bosnia’s International high representative, Valentin Inzko, presented an optimistic half-year report on the implementation of the peace agreement in Bosnia to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The report highlighted the long overdue

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• 16 May

  NATO position remains unchanged on Macedonia

  Resolving the “name” dispute with Greece remains the condition for Macedonia’s NATO accession, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. He said the Alliance’s position remains unchanged, and is still based on the

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• 14 May

  Turkey to lobby for NATO membership for Balkan nations

  Ankara plans to promote NATO bid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Georgia at the Chicago summit. Turkey will convey the

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• 14 May

  Romania, Moldova to speed up energy projects

  On 10 May, Moldova’s President Nicolae Timofti and his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu agreed in Bucharest to accelerate the development of energy projects already established, including Iasi-Ungheni (north-east country) gas pipeline.

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• 14 May

  Bulgaria pledge to help Azerbaijani get closer to EU

  Bulgaria can play a crucial mediator role in getting Azerbaijan near to a European Union entry, according to Bulgarian Parliamentary Chair Tsetska Tsacheva. Tsacheva is currently on an official visit to Azerbaijan, where she has met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Tsacheva and Aliyev have discussed their countries’ cooperation in …

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• 14 May

  UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo

  The regular quarterly report by the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, will be presented to the UN Security Council in New York today. In the latest report, UN Secretary General Ban

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• 10 May

  Macedonian Defence Minister visits Bulgaria

  Macedonian Minister of Defence Fatmir Bisami will arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria. On Thursday Besimi will meet with Bulgarian counterpart Anyu Angelov, as well as with high-ranking officials with the defence staff of the Bulgarian armed forces. The accent of the talks will be put on the bilateral …

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