August, 2011

• 16 August

  Bulgarian delegation to visit Kosovo

  Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov and a business delegation from the agricultural sector are to visit the Republic of Kosovo on August 17. Minister Naydenov will meet with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Deputy Prime Minister

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• 16 August

  EU supports two customs stamps in Kosovo

  EU representatives back the idea of Belgrade for introduction of two customs stamps at the administrative checkpoints between Kosovo and Serbia. Serbian representatives have proposed the idea several times – one of the stamps will bear the sign of Kosovo customs, while the other – the sign of EULEX or …

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• 16 August

  US Deputy says the United States can’t help Macedonia in the name dispute, the country should negotiate with Greece

  Philip Reeker, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, who is on a visit to Macedonia, met with the country’s new Defence Minister Fatmir Besami. After the meeting Reeker said that the strong partnership between Macedonia and the US will continue. The diplomat, however, remarked that the US …

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• 16 August

  Montenegro reaches agreement on the use of the Serbian language

  Montenegrin PM Igor Luksic has finally reached agreement with leaders of the country’s political opposition regarding the use of the Serbian language and facilitating Montenegrin citizenship for minorities. After months of wrangling and political pressure, PM Luksic successfully agreed to appease opposition leaders yesterday, thereby

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• 16 August

  Turkey seeks US action on Cyprus intention to drill for oil in the eastern Mediterranean

  Turkey has contacted the US administration on Greek Cypriot plans to begin drilling for gas in the eastern Mediterranean. Greek Cyprus recently announced that it would begin drilling for oil and gas off the island’s southern coast on Oct. 1.

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• 16 August

  Kosovo enclave Serbs block road in protest

  Villagers in the Serb enclave of Prilužje in Kosovo today held a one-hour protest gathering blocking a road leading to the construction site of a local bridge. The new bridge over the Sitnica River would connect the enclave with a number of nearby villages populated by ethnic Albanians.

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• 16 August

  Macedonian party leader says international diplomats must help solving name dispute with Greece

  The leader of Macedonia’s largest ethnic Albanian party has recommended international diplomats step in to help the country resolve its long-standing name dispute with neighbouring Greece. The dispute, which is hampering Macedonia’s attempts to join NATO and the EU, has been going on for more than three years.

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• 16 August

  UN urges Serbia and Kosovo to improve dialogue

  The United Nations has recommended that representatives from Serbia and Kosovo engage in more voluntary dialogue to improve relations, a leaked United Nations report has shown. Within the 24-page report, which charts the UN’s mission in Kosovo, secretary general Ban Ki Moon states that relations between Kosovo and Serbia will …

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• 16 August

  One hundred Bulgarian peacekeepers sent to Bosnia

  More than one hundred Bulgarian rangers have been sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina on a peacekeeping mission. The Bulgarian servicemen will be assigned tasks related to security and defence at the Butmir base, near Sarajevo.

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• 12 August

  Angela Merkel to visit Croatia on Monday, then Serbia and Montenegro

  Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Croatia on Monday in what will be the first stop on her tour of several Balkan states. Merkel is later expected to travel on to Belgrade and Podgorica, the capitals of Serbia and Montenegro respectively. Merkel’s message is likely to emphasize the fact that …

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