June, 2011

• 23 June

  Serbian FM says that EU does not have new conditions

  Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić says he did not hear from EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule that a new condition for EU accession was to recognize Kosovo as independent. The minister met with Fule in Brussels on Thursday.

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• 23 June

  Croatia could wrap up EU talks this week

  Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi expects EU member states to reach an agreement on final details regarding the completion of negotiations with Croatia this week. Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi, whose country

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• 23 June

  Turkey congratulates Ban’s re-election as UN chief

  Turkey has welcomed the re-election of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to lead the world’s largest body until 2016. The UN General Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to give Ban a second term as UN chief.

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• 23 June

  Azerbaijan and Russia ratified agreement on state borders

  Today members of the Federation Council ratified an agreement between Azerbaijan and Russia on the state borders, setting mutual national borderline points between Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia extending to the Caspian Sea. The agreement states that the line corresponds to the former administrative border between Dagestan ASSR and Azerbaijan SSR. …

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• 23 June

  Serbian FM to meet with Stefan Fule

  Serbia’s FM Vuk Jeremić, who is currently on a visit to Brussels, is scheduled to meet with European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule today. Late on Wednesday, Jeremić attended in Brussels the opening of the representative office of the town of Niš. 

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• 23 June

  Serbia stresses it will not recognize Kosovo

  Belgrade negotiating team chief Borislav Stefanović said on Wednesday that the first concrete results of the Kosovo talks can be expected early next month. This would happen at the regular meeting of delegations of Serbia and the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Brussels.

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• 23 June

  Serbian President to visit Bosnia in July

  Serbian President Boris Tadić will pay the first official visit to Sarajevo in the beginning of July. During his visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina the Serbian president will meet with members of Bosnia’s Presidency.

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• 23 June

  Bosnia: very few chances for Slavo Kukic to be appointed Prime Minister

  Slavo Kukic, Bosnia’s Prime Ministerial nominee, has completed consultations with parliamentary parties, but without meeting the leaders of the strongest Serb and Croat parties, his candidacy appears doomed. Slavo Kukic, a candidate for the Chairman of Bosnia’s Council of Ministers, ended his visit to Banja Luka, de facto capital of …

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• 23 June

  Pieter Feith complains of EU police investigation over bank appointment

  The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, ICR, has asked the head of EULEX, Xavier De Marnhac, to explain why police investigated him about the appointment of a new central bank boss. Pieter Fieth, whose role is to supervise Kosovo’s independence, has issued a complaint about his investigation at the hands …

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• 22 June

  Slovenian FM visits Serbia to discuss bilateral cooperation

  Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar is paying an official visit to Belgrade. He meets his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Up for discussion are situation in the region, bilateral cooperation, Serbia’s European integration and Belgrade-Pristina dialog.

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