European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Jelko Kacin stated Wednesday Serbia deserved both the candidate status and a date for the beginning of the talks. He added that it was important for the most significant agreements in the dialogue with Priština to be implemented.
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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 »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 »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
Read More »EU to discuss Kosovo on January 23
The EU Foreign Affairs Council “will discuss Serbia and Kosovo at the next meeting on January 23”. Discussions will include Serbia, Kosovo, Syria and Egypt.
Read More »Germany urges Greece to respect debt deal
The latest in a series of Franco-German meetings to deal with the eurozone crisis saw little in the way of concrete decisions, but Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to warn Greece there will be no more money unless progress is made on details of the country’s second aid package.
Read More »Valentin Inzko hopes that Bosnia will achieve its goals in 2012
Council of Ministers in Bosnia recently reached an agreement on measures to resolve concrete issues regarding the EU, High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said. As a result of the agreement, Inzko expects this year to be better for Bosnia-Herzegovina even though 2011 has been lost.
Read More »Moldovian President pleased after Transnistrian leader’s pledge to ease border controls
Moldova’s acting President Marian Lupu says he is encouraged by pledges from the new leader of the country’s breakaway Transdniester region to ease border controls. Yevgeny Shevchuk, who won a runoff presidential election
Read More »Turkey approves South Stream pipeline construction
Turkey on Wednesday has allowed Russia to construct South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea. At the beginning of December Russia and Turkey discussed many energy issues, including the South Stream project. Ankara was delaying the construction permit in its territorial waters.
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