March 6, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News
	
							
						
							Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov said Monday partnership with China is crucial for his country and bilateral dialogue is becoming increasingly intensive. “For Bulgaria, the partnership with the People’s Republic of China is crucial, I would say not
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March 6, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News
	
							
						
							Bulgaria and China have signed an intergovernmental agreement on mutual exemption of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and service passports. The deal will allow Chinese
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
	
							
						
							The closing arguments for both the defence and the prosecution in the case of Vojislav Seselj will begin on Monday and last until March 15. “It is expected that the prosecution will complete its
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News
	
							
						
							The EU’s new ambassador to Macedonia Aivo Orav has handed over his letter of credence to Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, taking up the post of a head of the EU’s delegation in Macedonia. Having met with Ivanov, Orav said that “Macedonia belongs to Europe and this will be my goal.”
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
	
							
						
							Serbian President Boris Tadic had a phone conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in which he thanked for latter’s principle position of support to the decision of the European Council for giving Serbia a status of EU member state candidate.
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
	
							
						
							Serbia’s next EU goal – obtaining a start date for accession talks – depends on further progress in talks with Kosovo, Enlargement Commissioner says . After the country became an EU candidate last Thursday, President Boris
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March 5, 2012	Eurasia News, Romania News, Turkey
	
							
						
							On 2 March, Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat met Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Mehmet Selim Kartal. The prime minister welcomed the new ambassador to Moldova, accredited
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News, Turkey
	
							
						
							Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus, which is technically EU territory, if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots fail to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey’s European Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.
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March 5, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News
	
							
						
							Behlul Limaj, one of the defendants in the Klecka Case, was taken ill during the court session on Thursday and sent to hospital. The trial should resume on Monday. The trial of ten former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, fighters for war crimes
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March 2, 2012	Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
	
							
						
							The EC will recommend a date for the start of Serbia’s accession talks “as soon as it reaches agreements with Priština on energy and telecommunications”. This was heard from EU Enlargement
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