July, 2010

• 26 July

  Kosovo on EU agenda in Brussels

  EU Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday to discuss the Kosovo situation in the wake of the ICJ Kosovo UDI advisory opinion. The meeting will be the first ministerial meeting since Belgium took over the six-month EU presidency earlier this month.

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• 26 July

  Serbian MPs meet for Kosovo session

  MPs of the Serbian parliament would be discussing further actions of the state in the wake of the ICJ’s decision. The court last week said in its advisory opinion that the Kosovo Albanian unilateral independence declaration was not violating international law, since it had no provisions preventing such declarations; however, …

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• 26 July

  US wants Serbian FM sacked

  Washington has sent a message to Belgrade that the time was right to “reach agreement”, writes daily Blic. However, this agreement “over the Kosovo story” is not possible while Vuk Jeremić is at the helm of the Foreign Ministry, according to this article.

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• 26 July

  Georgia to send humanitarian aid to Moldova

  The Georgian government will send humanitarian aid and rescuers to Moldova today after mass flooding.  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili spoke with the Moldovan government over the telephone this week and offered to build a village for victims in Georgia. 

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• 26 July

  EC Spokesman: Bulgaria Has Greater Commitment to Reform than Romania

  Bulgaria is currently demonstrating a stronger political commitment to reform than Romania, according to European Commission Spokesperson Mark Gray. Speaking on Deutsche Welle Romania, Gray has commented on the recently published EC progress reports on Bulgaria and Romania by declaring that Bulgaria had a greater level of political will to …

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• 26 July

  Kosovo President says Kosovo could apply for UN membership next year

  Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu suggests that Kosovo could apply for UN membership in 2011. After talks with French State Secretary of European Affairs Pierre Lellouche in Pristina on Friday (July 23rd), Sejdiu said he expects more countries will recognise Kosovo now that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upheld its …

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• 26 July

  Croatian official expects EU talks to wrap in 2011

  Croatia should complete its EU accession talks in the first half of 2011, several months later than expected, Croatian State Secretary for European Integration Andrej Plenkovic said in an interview Thursday (July 22nd) with

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• 26 July

  Panel to investigate incident in Macedonian parliament

  Parliament decided on last Friday to establish an inquiry committee to investigate an incident in parliament on July 1st that has strained relations between the opposition and the ruling majority. The panel will have 60 days

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• 23 July

  Azerbaijani president receives Georgian PM

  The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri. The Georgian Premier conveyed President Mikheil Saakashvili’s greetings to the Azerbaijani leader.

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• 23 July

  Serbian President: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo

  The ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague is hard for Serbia and this should be said openly to the nation,” said Serbian President Boris Tadic in his address to the citizens.

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