Turkish President Abdullah Gül is paying a visit to Egypt to help that country make an orderly and peaceful transition and to show that Turkey stands by post-revolution Egypt in this transition. Gül said that he will express his wishes for Egypt to emerge from this turmoil more powerful and
Read More »Possible date for talks between Belgrade and Priština may be announced next week
Serbian Kosovo talks team chief Borko Stefanović has confirmed that he met on Tuesday night in Belgrade with EU mediator Robert Cooper. They discussed preparations for the start of talks between Belgrade and Priština.
Read More »Catherine Ashton visits Moldova
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Commission Vice-President, pays her first visit to Moldova on Thursday to further deepen EU-Moldovan relations.
Read More »EU border guards team will remain in Greece on a permanent basis
The European Union on Wednesday said its team of border guards will remain on Greece’s northeastern frontier with Turkey on a permanent basis in an effort to stop the stream of migrants coming into the bloc. In November, the EU’s border protection agency Frontex sent a 200-member force from 25 …
Read More »Montenegrin court to give verdict on 1992 deportations
The verdict in the case of nine former police officers on trial for the1992 illegal deportation of Bosniak civilians from Montenegro will be delivered on March 29th. Both prosecutors and defence attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday (March 1st). The defendants told the court they are not guilty, as …
Read More »Albania’s opposition not to boycott local elections, asking for some conditions to be met
Opposition Socialist Party (SP) leader Edi Rama said on Tuesday (March 1st) that his party will not boycott the May 8th local elections, but they have some requests aimed at securing a free and fair process. The current
Read More »Edita Tahiri: Kosovo will be constructive in dialogue with Serbia
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri, who will head the delegation in talks with Serbia, said on Tuesday (March 1st) that Kosovo will have a constructive and creative spirit in the dialogue, which is expected to start
Read More »UK armed forces’ delegation visits Macedonia
Delegation of the United Kingdom armed forces, led by British Army Chief of General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, pays Wednesday an official visit to the Macedonian Army (ARM) General Staff, Sitel announced. General Wall is set to meet with host, Chief of ARM Staff, Lieutenant-General Miroslav Stojanovski, who will …
Read More »Turk Cypriots protest austerity measures pressed by Ankara
Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets Wednesday to protest at belt-tightening economic measures, pressed by Turkey, even though a similar demonstration in January angered Ankara. The protesters flocked to a square in the northern section of Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, forming
Read More »Moldova cannot have a visa-free regime with EU before 2012
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Natalia German denied words of Prime Minister Vlad Filat, that Moldova would be granted a visa-free regime with the EU in 2012. “The action plan for liberalising the visa regime will be fulfilled by the end of 2012. This does …
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