Monthly Archives: September 2011

EU warns Bosnia that it will lose funds due to political situation

The European Union warned Bosnia on Thursday it could lose almost 100 million euros (135 million dollars) of the bloc’s funds for 2011 due to internal political disputes and gave it a few days to agree over the issue. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele “regrets that Bosnia-Hercegovina is the

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Greece backs Serbia’s EU accession

Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Dimosthenis Stoidis voiced expectation Thursday that Serbia will become an EU candidate country in December. The ambassador underlined that Greece fully backed Serbia’s EU integration.

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EU will close police mission in Bosnia

Mission to close down by the middle of next year; functions to be handed to EU delegation in Sarajevo. The member states of the European Union have decided to close its 300-member police mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) by the middle of next year. The decision, which has not …

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Romania criticizes the Dutch position on Schengen

Thursday interior EU ministers have to decide whether to join Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen area. The Netherlands threatened to impose veto on the removal of border controls. According to the Romanian State Secretary Marian Tutilesku the Dutch veto is linked with the position of the extreme right populist Party …

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Finland Will Also Block Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry – Romanian FM

Finland will follow the Netherlands’ examples and veto Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen accession, Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has revealed after meeting his Dutch and Finnish counterparts. “However, we need consensus and we need a positive vote on behalf of all EU member states,” Baconschi has declared after he met …

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