The Nabucco agreement will be signed by all countries involved in the project in the Turkish town of Kayseri. With the document the countries undertake the engagement to support the construction of the pipeline, which will transit natural gas from the Caspian region and the Middle East through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania,
Read More »Macedonia should find a quick solution to the name dispute, US Deputy for Europe and Eurasia
Just days after the general elections in Macedonia, the US reminds the government in Skopje that it has unfinished business regarding the name dispute with Greece.
Read More »Herman van Rompuy: Serbia made an important step toward EU
President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy said in Brussels late on Monday that the arrest of Ratko Mladić was “a turning point”. It was “an important step towards Serbia’s accession to the European Union”, said he.
Read More »European Parliament debates Romania and Bulgaria Schengen accession
Members of the European Parliament will debate on Tuesday the extension of Europe’s borderless Schengen zone to the newest members of the EU club, Bulgaria and Romania. The MEPs will vote on Wednesday.
Read More »EU Commission evaluates process on EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina integration
Representatives from the European Commission and institutions from Bosnia-Herzegovina recently met in Brussels to discuss the process of integration of the country and its progress with fulfilling the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SSA).
Read More »EU envoy opens judicial dialogue in Bosnia
President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 6 2011. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on Monday opened a dialogue aimed at examining the work of the judiciary in Bosnia
Read More »Brammertz: Croatia is cooperating with UN Tribunal
Chief UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz has said that Croatia is cooperating with the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, but missing military documents have yet to be delivered.
Read More »Karadzic: Grbavica crimes were not organized
At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, a witness says that Bosniak civilians were deported from Grbavica, Sarajevo in 1992, while Karadzic maintains that the crimes committed there were not organised. Prosecution witness Radomir Neskovic, former Vice President of the Executive Board with the Serbian Democratic Party, SDS, explained that members …
Read More »Bulgaria would support any compromise in Macedonia’s name dispute
Bulgarian president Georgi Purvanov said that Bulgaria would support any compromise in Macedonia’s name dispute but the search for a “geographic” name – acceptable to all sides – might cause tension in Bulgaria.
Read More »Serbian PM visits Cyprus
Serbian PM Mirko Cvetković met in Nicosia today with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias during a visit “intended to improve relations between the two counties”. Cvetković laid a wreath at the statue of former Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios III.
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