GREEK MPs are debating emergency legislation to approve a massive bond swap that would shave €107bn off the country’s privately held debt. Parliament will vote on the proposed deal, which has already been approved at committee level. The governing coalition controls a strong enough majority to pass the law. The …
Read More »German FM visits Serbia
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday and meet with senior Serbian officials. Westerwelle will discuss the forthcoming decision of the European Council concerning Serbia’s EU membership candidate status and the dialog between Belgrade and Priština. Westerwelle will visit Belgrade on Thursday, where he will meet with …
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continues on second day
The Belgrade-Priština dialogue continued Thursday at 10:00 CET. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović has said that he is ready for another day of hard talks. “We will fight till the end to find a solution in the framework of Resolution 1244, the Constitution
Read More »1991 war crimes trial for eastern Croatia continues
Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians
Read More »Serbian President not optimist about EU candidate status
Serbian President Boris Tadić said in Belgrade on Wednesday that he “cannot express optimism” when it comes to Serbia’s chances of being made a candidate for EU membership. The European Union is to announce its decision
Read More »Moldova: Four presidential candidates under discussion
Moldova’s Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party are discussing four presidential candidates. According to Prime Minister Vlad Filat
Read More »Bosnia and Croatia to negotiate trade protocol
Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon start negotiating about a trade protocol to cushion the effects from Zagreb’s EU entry next year. Bosnian Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Dragisa
Read More »Serbia expects Kosovo agreement soon
The Belgrade-Pristina talks should be continued in Brussels on Wednesday and the main topic should be Kosovo’s regional representation. Serbian government’s Media Office Chief Milivoje Mihajlović has stated that it is realistic to
Read More »Belgrade-Pristina negotiations will continue today
The latest round of the talks between Belgrade and Pristina, which was supposed to kick off yesterday, has been postponed for today. The postponement came as a result of the cancelled flight from Vienna to Brussels, which was supposed to transport the Kosovo negotiating team. The European Commission (EC) said …
Read More »EU freezes part of funds to Romania
The European Commission has frozen funding to Romania aimed at developing human resources amid concerns over irregularities, a Romanian government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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