Threat to block the borders poses violent threat to country’s institutions, Hashim Thaci says, urging people not to respond to Self-Determination’s plans for Saturday. Hashim Thaci, has called on people not to respond to opposition calls to
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Greece is first priority
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the euro zone’s top priority for the beginning of 2012 was to secure a second aid package for Greece. “The euro zone’s first obligation this year is to resolve a second Greek programme and finalise these negotiations with the banks so that we …
Read More »Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects resolution on Armenian genocide
The latest attempt by Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party Ataka to ask the country’s Parliament to recognise the Armenian genocide was defeated in the House on January 11 2012. Vehemently rejected as historically valid by Turkey, the “Armenian genocide” refers
Read More »Denmark says it supports Romania and Bulgaria on Schengen
Copenhagen hopes that a solution regarding Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids will be found as quickly as possible, Danish Justice Minister Morten Boedskov has declared. Bulgaria and Romania’s substantial efforts to cover the
Read More »Croatia and Slovenia to discuss border arbitration
Croatia and Slovenia are expected to launch their border arbitration proceedings shortly, after Brussels announced it would propose a list of judges by the end of the month. At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic and her Slovenian counterpart, Samuel Zbogar, met
Read More »EU says Kosovo Serb referendum will not help resolve issues
EU spokesperson says Kosovo Serb referendum planned for mid-February will not help resolve issues. The spokesperson of the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the planned vote in Serb-held areas of Kosovo
Read More »Romania to quuestion EC on labor restrictions
Romania will ask the European Commission whether the nine member states’ extending the labor restrictions for Romanian workers is justified, given the Accession Treaty, which envisages similar measures only in extraordinary cases. At the end of 2011, 11 EU member states imposed restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers – Belgium, …
Read More »Witness in Karadzic trial testifies on killing of 1,000 Muslims
A prosecution witness in the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic described on Tuesday before the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia how he survived the killing of 1,000 Muslims in eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995.
Read More »Moldova presidential election problem persists
Monday’s talks between the parties in the ruling Alliance for European Integration and communists did not bring a solution to the problem with the election of a president. After the meeting the MPs said this was a good beginning. The representative of the
Read More »Serbia becomes CERN associate member
Serbian President Boris Tadić says Serbia’s accession to CERN accelerates the research process and provides an opportunity for economic development. “I am proud that we made a decision to join the project. Serbia’s accession to CERN
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