January, 2011

• 12 January

  EU observers: Kosovo should put more efforts to build democracy

  Representatives of the European Parliament say Kosovo should exert more efforts to build democracy, a recommendation that follows the need for a partial revote of the December 12th general

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• 12 January

  Serbia signed trade agreement with EU

  Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht signed a trade agreement Tuesday (January 11th) as part of Serbia’s bid to join the World Trade

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• 12 January

  Italy backs Albania’s European path

  Foreign Minister Franco Frattini reiterated on Monday (January 10th) Italy’s support for Albania on its path to European integration. Albanian counterpart Edmond Haxhinasto was in Rome to sign an agreement

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• 11 January

  Swiss Media Lashes Targets Kosovo PM, Saying Thaci’s Rise in KLA Was Plotted on Swiss Soil

  Following Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s brazen comments last week comparing a Council of Europe report connecting him to organized crime to ‘Nazi propaganda’ and its author, Swiss Senator Dick Marty, to Joseph Goebbels, the Swiss media is hitting back. On 8 January, the Geneva-based daily Le Temps reported that …

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• 11 January

  Assessing Turkey’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Missed Opportunities in the West

  A recent public opinion poll shows that 43% of Turkish citizens surveyed view the United States as the biggest threat the country. Israel was viewed by 23.7% as the biggest threat, while traditional ‘enemy’ Greece was viewed as the biggest threat by only 2.3% (Iran 3%, Iraq 2.1%, Russia 1.7%). …

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• 11 January

  Merkel says Turkey must put more effort to resolve Cyprus conflict

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Cyprus on the second leg of her two-day Mediterranean tour. After meeting with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Merkel said it was up to Turkey to put more effort

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• 11 January

  Serbia has collected the answers for EU questionnaire

  Serbia’s Government Office for European Integration head Milica Delević says the office had received almost all of the answers to the European Commission questionnaire. She added that the work was

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• 11 January

  Bulgaria says it will be ready for Schengen entry in March

  Bulgaria said Tuesday it is continuing with preparations to join the European Union’s passport-free Schengen zone. ‘Bulgaria will be technically in a position to become part of the

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• 11 January

  Playing Milorad Dodik’s Game

  Marking the 19th anniversary of the autonomy of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, entity President Milorad Dodik took the opportunity to warn on national television that Bosnian Serbs would not allow any further decentralization, which is necessary for EU integration. He described Bosnia-Herzegovina as a ‘divided society’ that ‘is in …

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• 11 January

  Serbia, Croatia discuss about war crimes case

  Serbian President Boris Tadić spoke with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor about the case of Tihomir Purda. Tadić underlined during the discussion that “this and similar cases needed to be considered by the appropriate ministries and prosecutions in both

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