Eurasia Press & News
Italian Lower House Speaker Gianfranco Fini will visit Serbia on Monday for talks with President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Fini’s visit to Belgrade comes upon an invitation of Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Gukic-Dejanovic. The main focus of the meetings will be put on Serbia’s integration into the …
Read More »Pahor urges Slovenians to vote yes on border deal
Prime Minister Borut Pahor on Friday (May 7th) called on Slovenians to support their country’s arbitration border agreement with Croatia at a referendum on June 6th. Speaking on the first day of a campaign ahead of the vote, Pahor said that the deal would improve relations with Zagreb, guarantee Slovenian …
Read More »NATO Secretary General to Visit Bulgaria
NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is expected to visit Bulgaria on May 20, 2010, Bulgarian media report. This will be Rasmussen’s first visit to Bulgaria since he was appointed NATO’s secretary general in April 2009.
Read More »Bulgarian FM to visit Belgrade
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov will visit Belgrade, it was announced today. He will meet with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Chairman of the parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Dragoljub Mićunović.
Read More »EC to discuss Serbia’s request in June
It is time for EC to get the green light to discuss Serbia’s request to receive EU candidate status, EU Delegation in Serbia chief Vincent Degert says. Degert said on Thursday in Belgrade that he believed that it was time that the EC received the green light from the EU …
Read More »Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić: We depend on Bulgaria’s support for our EU accession
“We had a very good conversation. We discussed mostly strategic issues and the future of the Western Balkans,” Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said during the joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Mladenov.
Read More »NATO to continue open door policy in Balkans
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday in Romania that the Alliance will continue its open door policy as regards countries in the Balkans and would like all the states in the region to join the European Union and NATO.
Read More »BiH to hold general elections on October 3rd
The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Wednesday (May 5th) that parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on October 3rd. CEC President Irena Hadziabdic said that Bosnians will vote for members of the BiH presidency, central and entities’ parliaments, president and vice-president of Republika Srspska, as well as new …
Read More »EC will help to conduct census in Kosovo
The European Commission (EC) Liaison Office in Pristina will support the government in conducting a national census, head of mission Renzo Daviddi said on Wednesday (May 5th) after a meeting with Minister of Public Administration Edita Tahiri. They discussed the technicalities of the census, which is planned for spring 2011. …
Read More »Hague tribunal’s Brammertz to visit Serbia
UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz plans to visit Serbia on May 12th and 13th, spokesperson Olga Kavran confirmed on Wednesday (May 5th). Brammertz is to submit a report — assessing Serbia’s co-operation — to the UN Security Council in June. While in Belgrade, he will meet with …
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