June, 2011

• 27 June

  Armenia stands for peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict

  Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan met with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia Celeste Wallander on June 27 to discuss defense cooperation between Armenia and the United States.

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• 27 June

  Macedonia: New govt members to be announced in next few days

  Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is expected to give a mandate to VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski to form a government. Gruevski will have 20 days to announce the members of the new government, but most

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• 27 June

  Serbian President says the relation with Croatian counterpart is good

  Serbian President Boris Tadic has denied the claims that his relations with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic has deteriorated, because he did not attend the celebrations of Croatia’s independence. According to Tadic his relations with Josipovic are extremely good and based on similar values. The Serbian President added he did …

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• 27 June

  Macedonia: VMRO-DPMNE and DUI have agreed to form govt

  VMRO-DPMNE and Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) have reached an agreement to form a ruling coalition. The leaders of the two parties, Nikola Gruevski and Ali Ahmeti, have agreed to divide the ministerial posts 2:1 in

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• 27 June

  Turkish President postpones Bulgarian visit for a week later

  Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul has postponed his visit to neighboring Bulgaria, initially scheduled for July 3 and 4, for a week later, due to the opening of his country’s first new Parliamentary session. Besides his Bulgarian visit, the Turkish President has also postponed his upcoming trip to Montenegro.

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• 27 June

  Greek parliament debates new austerity measures

  The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating the new austerity package that has been demanded by EU leaders. The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating a new package of tax increases and spending cuts which, if passed, will guarantee renewed funding from the European Union and IMF.

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• 27 June

  Armenian FM set to visit Georgia

  Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay a working visit to Georgia. Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia Nino Kalandadze praised active Armenia-Georgia relations, noting that bilateral and multilateral relations with be discussed during Nalbandian’s return visit.

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• 27 June

  Serbia urges Bosniak Council to be voted before winter

  As Minorities Minister recommends re-run elections for Bosniak National Council before winter, the Bosniak Cultural Community, BKZ, led by Muamer Zukorlic, gives cool response. Serbia’s new Minister for Human and Minority Rights says fresh elections for the Bosniak National Council, representing the country’s Muslim community, should take place by the …

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• 27 June

  Macedonian Parliament holds first session

  The Macedonian parliament held its first session after the June 5 national poll, despite angry protestors surrounding the assembly building demanding accountability over the fatal police beating that happened on election

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• 27 June

  Kosovo hopes to find a compromise to trade blockade

  Kosovo hopes the two sides can find a compromise to the damaging trade blockade at next week’s meeting of members of CEFTA, the Central European Free Trade Agreement. The head of Kosovo’s dialogue delegation with Serbia, Edita Tahiri, said on Friday that she hoped the trade dispute between Kosovo

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