Newly elected Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades should have met with his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Derviş Eroğlu, after winning recent elections, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said April 7 criticizing the new leader’s actions in office so far.
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Serbian Deputy PM says Belgrade will not sign Kosovo deal
Serbia will ask the European Union for more time to negotiate a deal to tackle the ethnic partition of its former Kosovo province, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar
Read More »Serbian PM to visit Moscow
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić will confer with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on April 10. The Russian government’s press service announced over the weekend that the Serbian prime
Read More »Turkey not yet ready to permit Syrian opposition to create an embassy
Turkey is not yet ready to allow an embassy to be opened in Ankara by the Syrian opposition coalition, which recently opened an embassy in Qatar. The Syrian opposition opened its first embassy in Qatar a day
Read More »Serbia will always insist on safety of Kosovo Serbs, says official
Serbia will always insist on the safety of its people in Kosovo above everything else, regardless of whether Belgrade and Priština resume their talks. This is according to Serbian government’s Office for
Read More »Macedonia-EU dialog to resume on Tuesday
The dialog between Macedonia and the European Union will resume on Tuesday when European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is to visit Skopje. Commissioner Fule will be accompanied by
Read More »United States backs dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina
U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby said on Friday that the U.S. supported the Belgrade-Priština dialogue and voiced confidence that an agreement could be reached. “The Serbian government has been putting great efforts in an
Read More »PACE delegation to make pre-electoral visit to Bulgaria
Six-member PACE delegation, led by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), will arrive in Bulgaria on a two-day mission to assess the electoral framework and campaign prior to the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 12 May.
Read More »UN Secretary General to attend meeting on war crimes tribunals
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has confirmed his participation in a public debate on the operation of the international criminal tribunals. The debate is due to take place in the UN General Assembly on April 10.
Read More »Serbia to analyze and decide EU’s offer until April 9
Belgrade has five days left to decide whether it will accept Brussels’ offer on Kosovo. Top officials say that a decision will have to be made by April 9. “At this point I cannot say what our response will be because top state
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