Council of Europe will shutdown its information centers in Skopje and Ljubljana as well as in Podgorica. Secretary General of Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland made the proposal, while the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to close the info-centers in the three towns. „The Council of …
Read More »Serbia, Croatia ready defense agreement
Serbian and Croatian defense ministry officials Dušan Spasojević and Pjer Simunović, harmonized a defense agreement in Zagreb on Thursday. The deal should be signed by the two countries’ ministers of defense, reports said.
Read More »Greece requests EU/IMF aid package
Greece on Friday requested the activation of a European Union/International Monetary Fund aid package. Athens is currently negotiating details of a 40-45 billion euro aid package with officials from the European Union and Monetary Fund aimed at pulling the country out of a debt crisis which has skaken the euro.
Read More »Georgian FM protests PACE-South Ossetia meeting
The Georgian Foreign Ministry protested a meeting on post-conflict settlement between PACE Monitoring Committee Co-Rapporteur David Wilshire and Special Representative of South Ossetian de facto President Boris Chochiyev in Moscow.
Read More »ICTY Will Consider Application for Review in Sljivancanin Judgment
For the first time since it was established, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, will hold a hearing to consider the review of a judgment delivered by the Appeals Chamber. On June 3 the Appeals Chamber will hold a hearing regarding Veselin Sljicancanin’s application for a review …
Read More »Bosnia Gets NATO Membership Plan
The foreign ministers of NATO member states agreed at their meeting in Tallinn, Estonia on Thursday to extend a Membership Action Plan, MAP, to Bosnia, but attached conditions to its implementation. Bosnia’s top officials welcomed the decision, expressing hope that it would help stabilize the country and contribute to the …
Read More »RS authorities insist they are not denying Srebrenica crimes
Republika Srpska (RS) President Rajko Kuzmanovic denied on Wednesday that the entity is attempting to minimise the crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995. On Tuesday, High Representative Valentin Inzko criticised a recent decision by the RS government to revise a report drafted by the previous government on the number …
Read More »EP Vice President shares Spanish foreign minister’s optimism for Macedonia
European Parliament Vice President Miguel Angel Martinez shares the conviction and optimism of Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos that Macedonia will start the talks
Read More »Dalai Lama’s visit to Romania Ecumenical, not political, says Romanian MEP
Dalai Lama’s visit to Romania will be strictly ecumenical, and it will not question the One China principle endorsed by Romanian authorities, Romanian MEP Laszlo Tokes said in a press release Thursday.
Read More »Turkey committed to protocols with Armenia, Erdogan says
Turkish premier has said his country remained committed to achieve goals set by two protocols with Armenia to normalize relations. “As we have earlier stated numerous times, we are loyal to the protocols, their essence and spirit as well as their
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