May, 2011

• 2 May

  Kosovo Interior Minister says EULEX should be more efficient

  Kosovo’s Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi has said the EU’s mission in his country, EULEX, has two options – either enhance its efficiency, or find a strategy to leave. Rexhepi’s statement is related with the enforcement of functions and authorities in Northern Kosovo and the beginning of the work of Kosovan …

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• 2 May

  Georgian minister says EU should not ignor Eastern side of Europe

  The EU should move faster on free trade agreements and negotiations for visa-free travel with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, which are ‘inexpensive’ policies that can be pursued in times of austerity as funding priorities shift to the southern neighbourhood, Georgi Baramidze, Georgia’s minister responsible for EU and Nato affairs said.

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• 2 May

  Greece and Serbia boost bilateral ties

  Following his meeting on 28 April with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Droutsas, Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic thanked Athens on its support to the European course of Serbia and its accession to the EU as soon as possible.

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• 2 May

  EU Foreign Ministers meet to discuss strategies for Bosnia’s stability

  EU foreign ministers are expected to endorse strategies for Bosnia and Herzegovina at a meeting in Brussels on Monday (21 March). The strategies are supposed to make more coherent use of existing funded programmes, but no major new money will be made available. The EU strategy for the region will …

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• 2 May

  Romania, Moldova to Launch Gas Pipeline

  Bucharest is to start construction of a new gas pipeline that will connect the country with neighbouring Moldova. The construction of the new pipeline, which is to connect the city of Iasi, in eastern Romania, with Ungheni in Moldova, is set to start by the end of the year. The …

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• 2 May

  Vukovar hosts conference on EU’s strategy for Danube region

  Representatives of EU institutions and 14 countries along the Danube River met on Friday (April 29th) in the town of Vukovar to discuss the EU’s strategy for the Danube region and its role in improving peoples’ lives.

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April, 2011

• 29 April

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for speedy resolution over name of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a speedy, effective and mutually acceptable resolution of the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter country’s name, saying he was encouraged by recent steps taken by the two sides. 

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• 29 April

  Macedonian FM Antonio Milošoski met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

  Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Milošoski met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon late last evening. The two of them have discussed the naming dialogue between Greece and Macedonia and the latter’s application for UN Human Rights Council among other topics. Milošoski also presented the case …

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• 29 April

  EU Envoy Miroslav Lajcak visits Bosnia to discuss about referendum

  On the second day of his visit to Bosnia, EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak will meet Serb officials and address a controversial referendum on cooperation with the state court. Lajcak, an envoy of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, spoke with Croat and Bosniak leaders on Thursday and urged the rapid …

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• 29 April

  RS will not drop referendum plan

  Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said on Thursday (April 28th) that Serbia should not interfere in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) political situation but the country, as a guarantor of the Dayton Peace

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