May, 2010

• 5 May

  Bulgarian Foreign Minister starts Western Balkans tour

  Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, who has underlined the Western Balkans’ place in his country’s foreign policy priorities, has started a tour of the region that from May 5 to 14 2010 will take him to Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania. Mladenov, Foreign Minister in the …

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• 5 May

  Israel FM Advises Direct Skopje-Athens Dialogue

  Direct dialogue between Macedonia and Greece is the best way of overcoming the long lasting bilateral “name” dispute, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told media in Skopje. “Direct dialogue between the two parties is the best way to resolve the issue. Both Greece and Macedonia are stable and they …

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• 5 May

  Pristina, Belgrade May Begin Talks This Year

  Pristina and Belgrade may begin talks on decentralisation, cultural heritage and the northern part of Kosovo later this year. The possibility that talks will be held has increased after several EU and US officials visited Kosovo and Serbia. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini also said indirectly in Pristina that Kosovo …

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• 5 May

  Moldova and Romania signed statement, not agreement because of Moldova’s official language

  The legal form of the joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership for Moldova’s European integration signed by the Acting President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu and the Romania President Traian Basescu in Bucharest on April 27 suits the leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI). The reason …

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• 5 May

  Serbian Parliament to discuss declaration on crimes

  The Serbian Parliament Collegium will discuss a draft declaration condemning crimes against Serbs, it has been announced. These crimes were committed during the 1990s wars in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo during the NATO bombing. Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović distributed the draft to MPs, which will be discussed on Wednesday. The …

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• 5 May

  UN says progress in Cypriot reunification talks not lost

  Progress made in talks to reunify the divided island will not be lost, UN envoy Alexander Downer said on Monday (May 3rd) after his first meeting with newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. According to Downer, Eroglu, who won the April 18th elections in the north, promised to continue …

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• 4 May

  Head of EU delegation to Serbia: More work for to be done for Serbia’s EU accession

  Head of EU delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert says the country made significant steps on the EU pathway in 2009. Speaking in Niš, southern Serbia, on Tuesday, he added that there is yet more work to be done for its EU accession. Degert pointed out that the decision on visa …

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• 4 May

  KFOR started two-day drills in the centre of Kosovo

  The international forces in Kosovo /KFOR/ and the Kosovo authorities started two-day drills in the central part of the country, an official statement released by KFOR in Pristina reads. The aim of the drill is to improve the alertness and efficiency of KFOR within the new structure. “KFOR holds regular …

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• 4 May

  Int’l organizations to observe elections in Georgia

  About 18 local and four international organizations will observe the elections to local authorities in Georgia May 30. These organizations have already submitted applications

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• 4 May

  Croatia: Justice minister appointed UN Secretary General assistant

  Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic was appointed assistant to UN Secretary General Bank Ki-Moon. Simonovic will be in charge of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in New York.

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