Montenegro’s government will soon establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Gjukanovic said that recognizing Kosovo independence urges Montenegro’s Foreign Ministry to establish complete diplomatic relations and ambassador exchange. He said that complete establishment of diplomatic relations between Podgorica and Pristina won’t worsen Montenegro and Serbia diplomatic relations.
Read More »Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov meets with UNESCO Secretary General Irina Bokova
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov met with UNESCO Secretary General Irina Bokova. Parvanov greeted Bokova for being elected atop of the organization and remarked that her success is due mainly to her
Read More »Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey resigns
Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey, Branimir Mladenov, has filed his resignation, Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on November 13 2009. The resignation comes a week after Foreign Minister Roumyana Zheleva and the Cabinet asked President Georgi Purvanov to recall Mladenov and Bulgaria’s ambassador to the US, …
Read More »EP Delegation arrives in Kosovo
A six-member delegation of the European Parliament (EP), headed by German representative Doris Pack, will stay in Kosovo and Metohija on November 13-16, where the first local elections organized by the provisional Kosovo authorities will be held. Ahead of the elections called for November 15, the delegation will meet with …
Read More »Security Fears at Kosovo Vote Counting Centre
With just two days left before the local elections, concern has been raised about mysterious visits to the vote counting centre by workmen claiming to work for EULEX, and questions are being asked about three tenders, crucial to the election process. Mystery workmen, claiming to be employees of EULEX and …
Read More »Bulgaria, Azerbaijan Seal Gas Supply Deal
Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are expected to sign an agreement to cooperate on gas supplies Friday, as President Ilham Aliyev pays a working visit to Sofia at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov. Earlier the week Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, announced that Bulgaria’s state-owned …
Read More »Balkan Countries Not Ready for Gas Crisis
Countries from Central Europe and the Balkans should do more in order be better prepared for a otential gas crisis and should find ways to reduce their dependency on Russian supplies, officials and businesspeople said during a Central European Initiative, CEI, meeting held in Bucharest. “The debate over energy security …
Read More »Nema saglasnosti o državnim praznicima
Prijedlog zakona o praznicima BiH, po kojem bi državni praznici bili Nova godina, Praznik rada – 1. maj, Dan borbe protiv fašizma – 9. maj i Dan podrške žrtvama nasilja – 26. juni, vjerovatno neće dobiti podršku poslanika SDA i Stranke za BiH u parlamentu BiH. Ovaj prijedlog zakona, koji …
Read More »Dutch FM Suggests Softer Tone Towards Serbia
Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen has suggested a softening in the Dutch position regarding Serbia’s cooperation with the UN War Crimes Tribunal. Speaking at a debate on EU enlargement in the Dutch parliament, Verhagen said Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, showed that: “Upward …
Read More »Albania and Bosnia must catch up on reform to qualify for short-stay visa waiver, say MEPs
Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina must catch up on the reforms needed to qualify for a short-stay visa waiver like those of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, said MEPs on Thursday. The European Commission should report on the two countries’ progress early in 2010, and also …
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