April, 2010

• 16 April

  Crvenkovski Urges Bulgaria to Recognize ‘Macedonian Nation’

  Former Prime Minister and President of FYROM, Branko Crvenkovski, has urged Bulgaria to recognize the existence of a “Macedonian nation.” Crvenkovski, who is the Chair of the Macedonian Social-Democratic Union, and was President of Macedonia in 2005-2009, met Thursday with the acting Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, and with the leader …

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• 16 April

  Serb, Croat, Hungarian leaders meet

  The presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Hungary have started their meeting today in Pecs, Hungary. Boris Tadić, Ivo Josipović and Laszlo Solyom will address journalists afterwards. The three presidents would discuss specific forms of cooperation.

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• 16 April

  Georgian deputy PM discusses strengthening Georgian-French relations

  Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze discussed strengthening Georgian-French ties with French National Assembly members Roland Blum and Christian Batay during their visit to the country. Blum and Batay will study the situation in Georgia and present a report to their colleagues, Baramidze said at a joint press conference after …

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• 16 April

  Bulgaria Nationalists Move to Call Referendum on Turkey EU Accession

  The Bulgarian nationalist party VMRO is making formal steps to call a referendum on Turkey’s EU accession. On Friday, the party will formally notify the Parliament on its intention to start collecting signatures in order to request the holding of a national referendum, as required by law.

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• 16 April

  CoE Secretary-General praises Serbia’s reforms

  Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland praised the reforms implemented in Serbia during a visit to the country Wednesday (April 14th). He announced that the CoE’s Committee of Ministers has decided to

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• 16 April

  Slovenia has no more objections to Croatia’s EU accession talks

  Slovenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Milan Balazic says Slovenia has no more reservations concerning the opening and closing of negotiation chapters in Croatia’s accession talks with the EU.

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• 16 April

  Kosovo to allocate funds for northern strategy

  The government announced plans Wednesday to allocate around 4m euros for implementation of a strategy to put northern Kosovo under the control of Pristina rather than Belgrade-backed parallel structures.

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• 15 April

  Moldova – The reconstitution of Declaration of independence, delayed

  The text`s reconstitution of the Declaration of Independence is delayed. The reason is that the parliament has not adopted any legal framework to conduct such procedures. Another reason is that on April 17th, the day when the extraordinary parliamentary meeting was scheduled, many officials will leave to Warsaw to attend …

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• 15 April

  Rasmussen: NATO, Russia Need Missile Shield

  NATO’s secretary-general has reiterated his call for closer cooperation with Russia on the issue of the European missile defense. “Together NATO and Russia should explore cooperation on missile defense – a security roof that will give real security to our people,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a video address posted …

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• 15 April

  Macedonia’s reforms for EU accession are seriously delayedly delayed

  The reforms for the country’s EU accession have been seriously delayed, which is dangerous for the future of the country, said Radmila Sekerinska, chairperson of the Macedonian National Council for European Integration and MP from the oppositional Social Democratic Union for Integration (SDSM).

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