April, 2011

• 12 April

  Georgia expects the EU to resolve conflicts in the former Soviet space

  Georgia expects the European Union to develop new plans to resolve conflicts in the former Soviet space, including in Georgia, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said. She said that the new proposals will make

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• 12 April

  Turkey’s FM discuss about Libya and Middle East in Egypt

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil el-Araby and Prime Minister Isam Sharaf in Cairo on Sunday (April 10th) to discuss the situation in

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• 12 April

  Serge Brammertz visited BiH

  UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Sarajevo on Monday (April 11th) for talks with BiH Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic and BiH presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic. The visit preceded Brammertz’s report on co-operation by former Yugoslav countries that he is due to submit to the UN Security Council …

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• 11 April

  EP to Vote on Bulgaria Schengen Entry on June 4

  The European Parliament will vote a resolution on Bulgaria’s Schengen entry on June 4 2011, the EP rapporteur on the subject, Portuguese MEP Carlos Coelho, announced Monday in Brussels. “Bulgaria has covered the necessary technical criteria better than some of the states already in the Agreement,” Coelho said. He prepared …

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• 11 April

  Croatian President: the country could join the EU by January 2013

  Croatia’s president says the country could join the EU by January 2013, calling this an “ambitious, yet attainable goal”. “It’s very ambitious, because we are very close to concluding the negotiations. It takes a couple of months to prepare the treaties for signing, which will be followed by a possibly …

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• 11 April

  Trends in Balkan Organized Crime Activities

  written by: Ioannis Michaletos The perennial issue of the existence of strong organized crime structures in the Balkan region is of great concern for the whole of Europe, due to the importance of this region as a main geo-economic hub between the European Union, Turkey and the Middle East, and …

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• 11 April

  EC President Jose Manuel Barosso: Macedonia needs to push on with reforms

  Macedonia needs to boost its reform process and reach a name agreement with Greece in order to avoid slowing down its EU bid, the head of the European Commission said during his visit to Skopje. “Now is the time to settle the name issue, and the new climate of confidence …

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• 11 April

  Macedonian parliament to be dissolved on Thursday

  The Macedonian parliament will be dissolved on Thursday, April 14. Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski said the meeting was due on Thursday. The decision to hold early elections on June 5 would be signed on April 15.

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• 11 April

  EC President Jose Manue Barroso reiterate Balkans’ future is in Europe

  European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele wrapped up a regional tour promoting EU integration after stops in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Macedonia. It began Friday (April 8th) in Sarajevo where Barroso reiterated “BiH should have a European future,” after a meeting …

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• 11 April

  EU’s Miroslav Lajcak will handle temporarily Pieter Feith’s functions in Kosovo

  EU Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia Miroslav Lajcak will temporarily act as the bloc’s special representative in Kosovo after the mandate of Pieter Feith expires at the end

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