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Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: EU accession after Kosovo status resolution

Božidar Đelić says Serbia will say that Kosovo is its part when it answers EU questionnaire questions about the country’s borders, territory and population. The deputy Serbian PM and former U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade William Montgomery both took part in a talk show

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Bulgarian citizenship issuing for Bulgarians in Albania speeded up over the last year and a half

Bulgarian citizenship issuing procedure for people from the Bulgarian communities in Albania has been speeded up. Around 1,000 Bulgarians from Albania have obtained Bulgarian passports over the last years. At the meeting between Bulgarian minister without portfolio in charge of Bulgarian residents abroad, Bozhidar

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UN Secretary-General welcomes dialogue on Kosovo

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština will begin soon. He pointed out that the process will open a new phase in relations between the two parties and help consolidate peace and stability in the

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Syrian President to start Eastern Europe tour

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is expected to visit Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine in the coming days. Assad, during his first visit to those Eastern European countries since he took office in 2000, intends to boost bilateral relations and discuss regional affairs. Cypriot President Demetris Christofias held talks with Assad …

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Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: Kosovo must be settled before EU accession

Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić has stated that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has to be solved previous to Serbia’ EU accession, which is not viable before 2015. The unanimous decision of the EU foreign ministers to forward Serbia’s EU candidacy application to the European Commission (EC) has been another step …

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UN Secretary-General Ban invites Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders for talks

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu for talks in New York, the UN announced on Saturday (October 30th). The meeting is to take place at UN headquarters on November 18th. The latest round of direct talks to reunify the divided …

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KFOR to be reduced to 5,000 troops

NATO is going into the second stage of reduction of its military presence in Kosovo to 5,000 troops, Priština-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore writes. Quoting NATO sources, the daily points out that the decision

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Karadzic Trial: Young Victims of Siege of Sarajevo

A former policeman from Sarajevo testifies at the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and says that more than 1,000 children were killed in the city during the course of the war. “According to Safety Services Centre’s estimates, between 10 and eleven thousand civilians were killed in Sarajevo. …

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Serbian FM said that dialogue with Priština should begin

Vuk Jeremić said that Serbia was ready for dialogue with Priština and that “it would be better for everybody if the process started as soon as possible”. “As far as we are concerned it can begin right now. Officials from Brussels, who will play a mediator role, are also ready,” …

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