Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Monday that Turkey was proceeding toward the European Union in a determined way. “We can be more hopeful in 2010,” Gül said. He added that whether Turkey became a full member was a different issue. On the Cyprus issue, Gül said that the EU was …
Read More »Memorial for Serb victims in eastern Bosnia
A memorial service in the village of Kravica, near Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia, today marked the 17th anniversary of the 1993 massacre of 49 Serb villagers. The Bosnian Muslim forces from Srebrenica, led by Naser Orić, attacked the village in January 1993, to kill the villagers and burn their homes.
Read More »“Tadić allowed to visit Kosovo”
The Kosovo Albanian government in Priština has “considered Serbian President Boris Tadić’s request to visit Kosovo”, said one of its officials. Deputy PM Ram Manaj said today that they also “decided to allow” for the visit to take place.
Read More »Spanish ambassador on Serbia’s EU ambition
Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Inigo Espana has announced official Madrid’s strong support to Serbia’s EU candidacy. As the country which assumed the six-month EU presidency on January 1, Spain thinks that Serbia’s candidacy should be discussed as soon as possible.
Read More »Serbia – Ambassadors’ Conference in second day
Vuk Jeremić opened the two-day Ambassadors’ Conference in the Palace of Serbia on Monday. The guest of honor at the conference was Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who also addressed the gathering. Jeremić said that the priority of Serbia’s foreign policies in the coming year will be the continuation of …
Read More »Tadić outlines Serbia’s foreign policy priorities
President Boris Tadić said that Serbia’s foreign policy priorities are the EU, the country’s sovereignty, regional cooperation and economic diplomacy. Tadić addressed the Ambassadors’ Conference in Belgrade on Tuesday and said that the success of Serbia’s foreign policies is an articulation of relations with big world powers such as Russia, …
Read More »“ICJ to consider lawsuits in single proceeding” – Serbian international law expert
Serbian international law expert Tibor Varadi says the ICJ will “probably consider Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Serbia’s countersuit in the same proceedings”. “I think the most rational and logical thing is to have joint proceedings, because the suits deal with the same period and the same series of …
Read More »Albania’s opposition won’t enter parliament
Albania’s opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama made it clear Tuesday that Socialists have no intention of ending the boycott of parliament unless Prime Minister Sali Berisha upholds their demand for vote recount.
Read More »Turkey shows higher interest in Macedonian citizenship
Descendants of Macedonian exiles in Turkey recently started showing great interest in obtaining a Macedonian citizenship and respectively Macedonian passports, which become more and more attractive since Turkey is stillunder visa regime in the EU.
Read More »Serbia ready to help Macedonia and Greece solve name issue, says Serbian president
Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Tuesday that Serbia is ready to become a mediator between Greece and Macedonia and help them find a name solution. “We are ready to become mediator between Macedonia and Greece and be part of the solution and not part of the problem, like it …
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