March, 2010

• 31 March

  BiH čekaju kazne Savjeta Evrope

  SARAJEVO Izbacivanjem BiH iz članstva u Vijeću Evrope i odbijanjem davanja agremana delegaciji BiH pri Parlamentarnoj skupštini Vijeća Evrope moguće su posljedice neprovođenja presude Evropskog suda za ljudska prava u Strazburu. Radna grupa za pripremu izmjena Ustava BiH u ponedjeljak je samo konstatovala da se ne mogu dogovoriti o ustavnim …

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• 31 March

  Macedonian FM: New meeting with Nimetz slated for April

  UN Mediator in Macedonian-Greek name row Matthew Nimetz has announced a new meeting with Macedonian officials toward mid-April, FM Milososki said. “Mr. Nimetz announced to come and meet with us towards mid-April. We are ready for his visit as we always are”, FM Milososki said.

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• 31 March

  Fuele: EU is status-neutral

  European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that the European Commission is status-neutral on the issue of Kosovo. He said that the EC believes that a “European perspective exists for both Serbia and Kosovo”.

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• 31 March

  Serbia adopt Srebrenica declaration

  After 13 hours of debate on Tuesday, the Serbian parliament adopted the declaration condemning the 1995 Srebrenica crime. The declaration condemned the crime against Bosniak (Muslim) residents of the town in the way determined by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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• 31 March

  Georgia President meets with Romanian FM

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met with Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Bakonski. The relations between the two countries will be discussed at the meeting, Georgian President’s press service reported.

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• 31 March

  EP rapporteur expects visa-free travel for Albania

  The rapporteur for Albania in the European Parliament’s (EP) Foreign Affairs Commission, Nikolaos Chountis, said on Monday (March 29th) that there are no barriers preventing the country from EU visa liberalisation. During a visit to Tirana, officials briefed Chountis on progress made on basic

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• 31 March

  Canadian troops leave BiH

  The mission of Canadian troops in BiH officially ended on Monday (March 29th) with five officers and one non-commissioned soldier returning home. Canadian Ambassador to BiH Pierre Guimond noted at a ceremony in Sarajevo that Canada was among the first countries to send peacekeepers. He said that BiH is moving …

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• 31 March

  Serbia holds conference on decentralisation

  Representatives of the EU, the OSCE and the Council of Europe on Monday (March 29th) voiced their willingness to help Serbia in its decentralisation process. At the opening of a two-day conference in the Serbian parliament, President Boris Tadic said that decentralisation is one of the main challenges facing Serbia …

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• 31 March

  US troops transfer powers to Kosovo Police at border

  US troops handed over management of the borderline between Kosovo and Macedonia to the Kosovo Police on Monday (March 29th). KFOR said this proves the commitment and willingness of the police to take on greater responsibility for providing security to Kosovo citizens. The hand-over comes as NATO considers downsizing the …

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• 30 March

  Commissioner Fule: I’ll make sure Croatia joins EU without monitoring

  Bulgaria and Romania’s EU accession in January 2007 was accompanied by a monitoring mechanism aiming to guide those countries’ progress in the field of law enforcement, but Croatia should join the Union without such a tool, Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner Stefan Fule said.

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