June, 2011

• 22 June

  Bulgaria and Kosovo to cooperate in fight with organized crime

  The Bulgarian government has approved a draft memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Kosovo regarding cooperation in fight with organized crime and international

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• 22 June

  Germany says that Serbia must recognize Kosovo for EU accession

  At the end of its EU accession talks, Serbia will have to recognize Kosovo – otherwise German MPs will not approve its accession to the organization. This was heard today from a delegation of visiting German MPs, who held an informal conversation with reporters and editors of Belgrade-based media.

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• 22 June

  European Commissioner Füle expresses concern over Kars statue demolition in Turkey

  European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle said on Monday that the European Union is “deeply concerned” about the demolition of a monument in Turkey’s eastern province of Kars as he said that it is the only statue dedicated to the struggle of peace between Armenia and Turkey.

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• 22 June

  Russia urges reconciliation between Moldova and Transdnistria

  Russia’s foreign minister has called upon Moldova and the breakaway republic of Transdnistria to retreat from fringe positions and start moving towards a political settlement. Consultations over a potential settlement of the Transdnistria issue took place in Moscow on Tuesday, though later that evening the press service of the Moldovan

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• 22 June

  Greek MEPs call on EC to react to Alexander the Great statue in Skopje

  The Macedonian government has provoked Greece and continues appropriating Greece’s history and pursuing the policy of antiquisation, MEP Maria Eleni Koppa says in a letter sent to the European Commission, Macedonian +info news website reports. “Considering the fact that in the past two years the reports on the Former Yugoslav …

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• 22 June

  Macedonia Ponders Alexander Effect on Greece

  While some fear the new statue will pour oil onto the flames of the ‘name’ dispute with Greece, other say ties are already so damaged it will make no difference. Experts are divided over whether the erection of a huge statue of Alexander the Great in the middle of Skopje …

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• 22 June

  Serbia expects EU to be strict, but fair

  Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić said Tuesday the government’s strategic goal was to gain the status of a candidate for EU membership. Another was to be given the start date for the accession negotiations by the end of the year, he said, adding that Serbia expected the EU to …

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• 22 June

  UNMIK chief likely to take over top OSCE job

  UNMIK chief Lamberto Zanier will almost certainly be the new Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, the country that chairs the OSCE at the moment, said that there were no objections to

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• 22 June

  Greek government wins confidence vote

  The Greek parliament has approved Prime Minister George Papandreou’s reshuffled government which hopes to get support for its austerity plan. The prime minister won 155 out of 300, 143 were against, with two abstentions.

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• 21 June

  Serbia not to pay for Ratko Mladic’s defence at ICTY

  Lawyers of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, sued at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will ask Serbia and Republika Srpska to pay for the defence.

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