The EU Committee called after a meeting on Tuesday on the European Council to end the three-year stalemate over Macedonia’s EU accession, imposed by Greece. For the third consecutive year, the European Commission last autumn
Read More »Romania green lights Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline with Moldova
Romania has approved the Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline which will allow gas transport between Romania and Moldova. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta classified this project as strategic for political cooperation between the two sides. “It is about a draft law agreed for longer time at the principle, political
Read More »Finnish President says his country supports Skopje’s EU integration
Finland supports Skopje’s EU aspirations. This was officially announced by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after a meeting with Nikola Gruevski in Helsinki. Prime Minister Gruevski explained that talks with President Niinisto were focused mainly on bilateral relations, Skopje’s EU enlargement and accession and the country’s name issue.
Read More »Stefan Fule to be present at Nikolic’s inauguration ceremony
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is going to attend the inauguration ceremony of Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolic. According to Fule’s spokesperson Peter Stano, the EU Enlargement Commissioner is going to call on the continuation of European reforms in Serbia.
Read More »Nikolic and Tadic close to form a parliamentary majority
Boris Tadic of the Democrats and Serbia’s newly elected President, Tomislav Nikolic, met on Wednesday for a second time to discuss the formation of a new government. “We are close to forming a parliamentary majority and I am convinced that
Read More »Mladic’s defence asks for delay of trial, saying it is still receiving new documents from the prosecution
The defence for Ratko Mladic asked for delay of the start of evidence hearing, underlining that it is receiving new documents from the prosecution. Branko Lukic, Mladic’s lawyer said that on May 31 the defence
Read More »Bulgaria will inaugurate a new consulate in Montenegro
Bulgaria will inaugurate a new consulate in Montenegro, which will be located in the town of Budva and it will cover the area of the municipalities of Herceg Novi, Tivat, Korot, Budva, Bar and Ulcinj. The new consulate will be run by Nivica Jovovic. The government’s press office announced that …
Read More »Croatian President says his country seeks good relations with Serbia
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said on Tuesday in Vukovar that his country seeks to create good relations with every country, and that includes Serbia. “I hope that the positions of newly elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will change. We have made significant progress in relations in the past two to …
Read More »EU sees Azerbaijan as an important partner in the region
European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said that the EU sees Azerbaijan as a strategic partner in the region. His statement was announced by the head of the EU office in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia during the 19th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference in Baku. “With a strong pipeline …
Read More »Judges of Karadzic trial visit Srebrenica sites to gather information
Four judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), who are in charge of the trial of Radovan Karadzic, started on Tuesday tour of the Srebrenica sites which will last for 5 days. The judges, who are from Trinidad, South Korea, Italy and Great Britain, are accompanied …
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