May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanović is visiting Priština today where he will meet with Kosovo officials. This is the first time since Kosovo Albanians unilaterally declared independence that a Serbian official is visiting Priština.
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May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia, Serbia
The European Commission (EC) has worked out a proposal for lifting the visa-free regime for Macedonia and Serbia. The idea has been launched by Belgium. Europe is discussing changes of the Schengen rules because of the inflow of immigrants from North Africa and the non-observation of the visa-free regime of …
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May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Macedonia
Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed a protest note to Greek Ambassador to Skopje Alexandra Papadopoulou because of the attitude towards Macedonian diplomats in Greece.
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May 12, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
The Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov and the Romanian President Traian Basescu will meet at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest on Thursday, the Turkmen government said.
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May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The EU would be willing to discuss judicial reforms in BiH if Republika Srpska (RS) postpones or revokes its decision to hold a referendum, Charge d’Affaires of the European
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May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Tuesday (May 10th) that the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will continue on May 30th instead of May 23rd, as planned earlier. The proceedings were suspended on March 21st. Karadzic is charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity …
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May 12, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
European Commission (EC) Director for the Western Balkans Pierre Mirel visited Mitrovica on Tuesday (May 10th), stressing the importance of Kosovo-Serbia discussions, which he says will help resolve concrete issues. He also said that both the EU integration process and the visa liberalisation process should be perceived as more than …
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May 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The UN Security Council will review the UN Secretary-General’s quarterly report on Kosovo on Thursday in New York, and is expected to discuss a probe into organ trafficking allegations.
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May 11, 2011 Eurasia News, Romania News
The Netherlands will not approve Romania’s integration into the Schengen zone until it sees “irreversible” progress with justice reforms, the Dutch minister of European Affairs said Wednesday.
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May 11, 2011 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will end his two-day visit to Belgrade today with meetings with President Boris Tadić and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić. After he meets with Tadić and Dačić, Brammertz could share his impressions about Serbia’s efforts to find Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić. On the first day …
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