June, 2011

• 9 June

  EU Interior Ministers to decide on Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen entry

  European Union interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday to take a decision on Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen area. The meeting comes just a day after the non-binding vote of the European Parliament, which voted in favor of allowing

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• 9 June

  Tadic belives Holland will ratify SAA

  Serbian President Boris Tadić believes the Dutch parliament and countries that have not ratified the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) will do so soon.

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• 9 June

  Serbia, Romania sign agreement on readmission

  Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi signed an agreement on readmission in Bucharest on Wednesday. This, said the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, represents one step further in Serbia’s EU integration.

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• 9 June

  Kosovo, Serbia Dialogue ‘Can Improve Situation in North’

  The head of the EU mission in Kosovo reiterates that political will from Belgrade and Pristina is necessary to improve the situation in the north. Xavier De Marnhac, head of the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, said recently that he is interested in expanding the rule-of-law in the disputed …

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• 8 June

  Bulgaria: we are ready to join Schengen now

  Bulgaria’s government, which is struggling to ensure swift entry into the EU border-free Schengen area, has reiterated the country has met all conditions for accession.

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• 8 June

  UN court: Mladic has a good health condition

  There is no indication that ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is suffering a terminal illness but he is still undergoing tests in prison, a UN war crimes court spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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• 8 June

  Dutch parliament refuses to ratify SAA

  The Dutch parliament today decided not to ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) before Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s official report. The SAA was signed between theh EU and Serbia in the spring of 2008, and must be confirmed in parliaments of all EU member-states.

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• 8 June

  EU has not promised launching accession talks to Serbia

  The European Union (EU) has not promised Serbia to launch the accession talks but Belgrade will do its best to achieve this goal, said Serbian President Boris Tadic. “No one has promised a date for launching the accession talks,” Tadic said during the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the …

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• 8 June

  Turkey to create EU ministry

  Turkey is to establish a European Union ministry after June 12 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “The ministry of the EU will coordinate the affairs for Turkey’s EU bid,” Erdogan said in his televised remarks at his party’s headquarters in Ankara. 

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• 8 June

  Azerbaijani President visits Serbia

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Belgrade on Wednesday for a two-day official visit. The visit comes at the invitation of Serbian President Boris Tadić.

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