May, 2010

• 28 May

  Romania vows to proceed with austerity measures

  Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Wednesday (May 26th) that his government has no intention of giving up its austerity measures, despite public opposition and a confidence vote planned for next week. The measures envision slashing public sector wages by 25% and reducing pensions by 15%. The decision to proceed …

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• 28 May

  Raska mass grave exhumation to begin in June

  Working groups from Kosovo and Serbia met on Wednesday (May 26th) in Pristina to discuss technical details ahead of the exhumation of a mass grave discovered in Raska, southern Serbia, earlier this month. “We expect the work to begin intensively in two to three weeks at the latest,” Pajazit Nushi, …

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• 27 May

  IMF, Serbia agree on fourth loan revision

  Representatives of Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, have reached agreement on the fourth review of the country’s stand-by arrangement, which will enable Serbia to draw down €380 million. Addressing reporters on Wednesday, Serbian Minister of Finance Diana Dragutinovic said that due to slowed economic growth in Serbia, …

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• 27 May

  Azerbaijani ambassador visits Georgia’s Telavi region

  Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Namiq Aliyev visited the Garajalar village in the Telavi region together with embassy staff and media representatives May 25. The visit aimed to mark the ninety-second anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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• 27 May

  USA and UK propose Boris Tadic to mediate the talks between Zagreb and Ljubljana

  US and UK diplomats think that Serbian President Boris Tadic could use his authority to be the mediator and influence a positive outcome of the Slovenian referendum for the arbitrary agreement for the border dispute with Croatia, scheduled for June 6, and also for

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• 27 May

  Serbian President announces visit to Greece

  Serbian President Boris Tadić will next week pay a three-day visit to Greece, his office told Tanjug on Wednesday. Tadić’s visit was also confirmed in Athens. The president will visit Greece from June 1 to 3 at the invitation of his counterpart Karolos Papoulias.

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• 27 May

  Russia, Moldova to discuss Dniester settlement and economic cooperation

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca will discuss the Dniester settlement and economic cooperation between Moscow and Chisinau, at a meeting in the Russian capital on Thursday.

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• 27 May

  ICJ Ruling on Kosovo ‘by July’

  Pieter Feith, head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, believes the International Court of Justice’s ruling on the legality of Kosovo’s independence will be delivered before the end of July.

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• 27 May

  Romania President on official visit to Macedonia

  Romanian President Traian Basescu is on an official visit to Skopje today, where he is meeting with his Macedonian counterpart George Ivanov. Speaking at a joint press conference with Ivanov in the Macedonian capital, Basescu said that Bucharest would accept any solution on the name issue that is reached between …

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• 27 May

  Balkan war crimes prosecutors gather in Croatia

  Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, will join prosecutors from the region for a two-day conference in Brioni, Croatia on cooperation in war crimes prosecution.

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