January, 2010

• 15 January

  Pieter Feith: Strategy for integrating north

  The chief of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, says a strategy exists for the integration of the northern part of Kosovo. It envisages the forming of the institutions of Kosovo in this part of Kosovo’s territory. After a meeting with Kosovo Premier Hashim Thaci, Feith said that …

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• 15 January

  Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish FMs to meet

  Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and his Turkish and Bosnian counterparts Ahmet Davutoglu and Sven Alkalaj will meet today in Belgrade. The meeting will be the fourth regular monthly meeting of the three foreign ministers. 

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• 15 January

  Macedonian PM Gruevski to meet Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Macedonian PM Gruevski will discuss on Macedonia’s achievements and perspectives regarding NATO membership as well as present and future reforms of the country in the frameworks of EU integration. PM Gruevski announced that he is not expecting too much of his meeting with Rasmussen, but pointed out

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• 15 January

  Podgorica and Pristina to establish diplomatic relations

  Montenegro and Kosovo have established diplomatic ties with an exchange of letters of foreign ministers, the government in Podgorica announced today. Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Roćen said in his letter that he expects the position of the Montenegrin community in Kosovo to be permanently solved, and that as this issue …

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• 15 January

  Georgian PM explains reasons for changing Batumi summit format

  Georgia will hold the energy summit, although it is unclear when, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said. Batumi hosted an energy conference instead of a planned energy summit Jan. 14. Senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU attended the conference. According …

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• 15 January

  Batumi conference participants confirm territorial integrity of forum participating countries: Georgian FM

  Energy conference in Batumi attended by senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU has ended. The main purpose of the conference held in Batumi was to develop the initiative of the Southern Corridor as a guarantee of prosperity, stability and security …

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• 15 January

  EU pressures Bulgaria over Slovak candidate

  Socialists in the European Parliament increased pressure on Bulgaria yesterday to change its candidate for the European Commission, raising the risk of further delay in installing the new EU executive. Centre-right members of parliament flexed their muscles in return, signalling they would challenge the suitability of Slovakia’s leftist candidate if …

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• 15 January

  Brussels says Bulgaria still lags with EU funds absorption

  In its first five months in office, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Government has paid more monies under the EU’s operational programmes than its predecessor did in two and a half years. However, the European Commission (EC) is still not satisfied with pace of absorption of European financing, the Commission’s …

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• 15 January

  Macedonia “Name” Solution In Stages Unlikely

  Greece has rejected an idea put forward by Macedonian parliamentarian Pavle Trajanov for a three stage solution to the Athens-Skopje name dispute, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Thursday. “Trajanov’s proposal is probably well intended and I greet it, but judging by the talks that I had with Greece …

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• 15 January

  Tadic May Rebuff Croatia President’s Inauguration

  Serbian President Boris Tadic has announced that he will not attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected Croatian President, Ivo Josipovic, if Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiju is attends too. Tadic believes that his presence at the ceremony, which is scheduled for 18 February, would mean that Serbia is indirectly …

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