Balkans

Jeremić: Balkans must seize opportunity

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says that the countries of the Western Balkans have not a second to waste now that the Irish have adopted the Lisbon Treaty. After meeting with a number of foreign ministers in Budapest, Jeremić said that a summit of the European Union and Western Balkan countries …

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Vojvodina statute one step closer

SERBIA The Parliamentary Legislative Committee says that the draft law on the transfer of Vojvodina’s authorities is ready. The bill, which is necessary for the Vojvodina statute to be enacted, will come before the government for adoption very soon. The Vojvodina statute was enacted by the provincial assembly and passed …

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Presentation of 3rd report on EU-Macedonia Accession Partnership

The third report that assesses the fulfillment of key priorities of the Accession Partnership between the European Union and Macedonia will be presented in Skopje on Wednesday. The report, drafted in the framework of the project Accession Watch related to the period July-September 2009. The project is implemented by Macedonian …

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Bulgarian President to pay official visit to Cyprus

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay an official visit to the Republic of Cyprus on October on October 9 and 10, 2009 on the invitation of the President Dimitris Christofias, Presidency press office informed. The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will be accompanied by his wife Zorka Parvanova.

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Bulgaria- the only EU member state without strategy for cultural heritage: Atanas Semov

Bulgaria is the only EU member state without strategy for cultural heritage but in the same time is the country with the biggest cultural heritage, said MP from Order, Law and Justice Atanas Semov during a discussion on the amendments to the Cultural Heritage Act.

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EU-Western Balkans conference to take place on Dec. 9 in Brussels

An EU-Western Balkans conference about the economic crisis, regional cooperation and EU membership perspective is to take place in Brussels on December 9. The conference has been recently suggested by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. It will be unveiled by Bildt, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, European Enlargement Commissioner …

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EULEX, Serbian MI to discuss technical cooperation agreement

Representatives of the police at EULEX will discuss the principles for applying of the technical agreement on cooperation with representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Interior today in Belgrade, Serbian media inform. The technical agreement will make the regional cooperation in the fight against crime more efficient and will contribute …

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Montenegro will not join WTO this year

Montenegro will not become member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year, the Montenegrin online edition pcnen.com reports. That became clear after the failure of the third stage of the bilateral talks with Ukraine in relation to the other controversial issues in this process.

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Athens, Skopje Deal Achievable

Athens and Skopje could reach a deal on their name row if they focus solely on finding a compromise appelation, Macedonia’s President Georgi Ivanov says. “Various non negotiable issues, such as Macedonian identity and language […] were included in the past talks,” Ivanov told the chief editors of German media …

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