December, 2009

• 15 December

  Basescu survives recount and court challenge

  Romanian President Traian Basescu has had his December 6th election victory confirmed. The recount of some 137,000 annulled votes was completed early on Monday, doing nothing to change the result, and his rival Mircea Geoana was quick to accept defeat and wish Basescu well.

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• 15 December

  Turkey’s Erdogan criticizes ban on Kurdish party

  Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan spoke out on Monday against a court ban on a Kurdish party that caused angry protests and plunged the country into political uncertainty. The court ruling drew criticism from the European Union, dealing a new blow to Turkey’s faltering hopes of EU membership.

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• 11 December

  Ukraine will not open polling stations in Transnistria

  Republic of Moldova residents having the Ukrainian citizenship, including those living in Moldova’s Transnistrian region, will be able to take part in the January 17, 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections only at the two polling stations that will be opened at the Ukrainian Embassy in Chisinau and at the Ukrainian Consulate …

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• 11 December

  “Diplomatic relations with Kosovo after ICJ ruling”

  Montenegrin Deputy PM Svetozar Marović says his country “most sincerely wants to have the best possible relations with Serbia”. Podgorica will not establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on the legality of the unilateral Kosovo Albanian proclamation, he said.

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• 11 December

  Romanian court calls for recount of annulled votes

  Romania’s Constitutional Court called for a recount of votes annulled in Sunday’s presidential runoff vote, it said on Friday, a ruling that could possibly overturn incumbent Traian Basescu’s narrow victory.

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• 11 December

  European Council President-designate Van Rompuy to visit Bulgaria

  European Council President-designate Herman van Rompuy will pay a brief working visit to Bulgaria on December 14 2009, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told journalists in Brussels.

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• 11 December

  Georgian parliament will call on international community not to recognize Abkhaz presidential elections

  The Georgian parliament has postponed the adoption of the statement on Russia’s actions in the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Tuesday in connection with the fact that Dec.12 Abkhazia will held so-called presidential elections.

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• 11 December

  European Commission negotiates Association Agreement with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

  The European Commission is negotiating an Association Agreement with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, Ambassador of Sweden for the South Caucasus, Mr. Hans Gunnar Aden said. “Discussions on relaxation of visa regime with Armenia, as one of the Eastern Partnership components, have already started in the European Council. During the Swedish …

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• 11 December

  Tadic: Croatia’s Views Harm Mutual Relations

  Serbian President Boris Tadic said Croatia’s defence of Kosovo’s independence in front of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, are harming relations between the two neighbours. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at the Palic lake, Tadic said that Croatia’s arguments at the court amount to interference in Belgrade’s …

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• 11 December

  Bosnia Judicial Institutions Await Final Decision

  As the departure date for international judges and prosecutors working in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state court approaches, pressure is growing on the High Representative’s Office to make a decision on whether to extend their stay. Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, and Nebojsa Radmanovic, the Serb member of the …

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