January, 2011

• 18 January

  Miroslav Milojevic becomes deputy head of UN mission in Cyprus

  Miroslav Milojevic, representing Republika Srpska’s Interior Ministry, takes over the post of deputy head of the UN mission in Cyprus on Monday (January 17th). Milojevic has been serving within the mission since May 2009.

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• 18 January

  Preliminary results from snap elections in BiH municipalities released

  Voters in eight municipalities turned out on Sunday (January 16th) for snap local elections. According to preliminary results, Albin Muslic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 53.7 % of the votes in the Bihac

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• 18 January

  Albania expects to set a good example in May local elections

  The Albanian local elections process set for May 8th should set a good example, head of the Central Election Commission Arben Ristani said on Sunday (January 16th). “We hope that political parties, which I believe

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• 18 January

  US ambassador to Kosovo urges the country to focus on rule of law

  US Ambassador to Kosovo Christopher Dell is urging Kosovo politicians to forget an endless election cycle, and instead focus on the rule of law, good governance, and economic growth. In an editorial published on Saturday (January 15th), Dell wrote that Kosovo needs an honest

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• 17 January

  Dutch to Quit Bosnia Mission by November at the Latest

  The Dutch government will end its mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina in mid-November this year at the latest, bringing to a conclusion the Netherland’s participation in Operation Althea since December 2004. Initially, 530 Dutch soldiers were stationed in Bosnia which was ravaged by a civil war between 1992 and 1995, but today …

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• 17 January

  Greek Deputy FM to visit Azerbaijan

  Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis will visit Azerbaijan in February 2-3. The Greek and Azerbaijani sides are considering more than 10 new projects of the inter-ministerial agreements. The parties are also working on the draft programme of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Greece in the fields of science, education and …

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• 17 January

  Macedonia is considering to ask UN to recognize its constitutional name

  The Macedonian state leaders are considering asking the UN General Assembly to adopt the name Republic of Macedonia as the country’s official name. The idea popped up when Syria and Zimbabwe recognized the country’s constitutional name, making the total number

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• 17 January

  Moldova has a new government

  The Moldovan parliamentary majority, in the person of the Alliance for European Integration consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party (32 mandates), Democratic Party (15) and Liberal Party (12), on Friday (January 14th) passed a vote of confidence in a new Government of

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• 17 January

  Georgian President set to visit Armenia

  Georgian President Mikheil Sakashvili will start a visit to Armenia on Jan. 22.  During the visit, he will meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The Georgian President will be accompanied by Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, who will visit Azerbaijan at the time. This is Sakashvili’s first official visit in …

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• 17 January

  Greek President to visit Azerbaijan

  Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. The visit is scheduled for April 4-6. He will arrive in Baku in response to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Greece in February last year, which led to a significant revival of bilateral ties and relations. It is expected …

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