Eurasia

Matthew Nimetz to visit Athens by end-February

UN Special envoy on the name dispute between Athens and Skopje, Matthew Nimetz, will visit Greece in the last 10 days of February. Greek Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Grigoris Delavekouras stressed on Athens’ wish to find solution to the issue, which goes with the precondition for the other party in the …

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Catherine Ashton to visit Belgrade on February 18

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, will pay a visit to Belgrade on February 18. Ashton took up the post from Javier Solana in December 2009 and officially stepped in office as First Vice President of the European Commission on February 9, 2010.

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Croatia to Enhance Cooperation with ICTY

Croatia is ready to step up efforts to cooperate with the ICTY in order to be able to conclude EU accesson negotiations by the end of this year. Jadranka Kosor, the Croatian prime minister, said that efforts would be made to achieve better cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for …

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Izmjene Ustava BiH najkasnije do maja

SARAJEVO Predstavnički dom bh. parlamenta zadužio je jučer Vijeće ministara BiH da do kraja ovog mjeseca napravi akcioni plan za provedbu presude Evropskog suda za ljudska prava iz Strazbura. Akcioni plan podrazumijeva izmjenu Ustava i Izbornog zakona BiH najkasnije do maja ove godine kako bi opšti izbori u oktobru bili …

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Austrian foreign minister: “We want to bring Moldova closer to the EU”

“We want to bring Moldova closer to the European Union and support it on this path”. Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Michael Spindelegger said this in a meeting with Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca in Vienna on February 9, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting Moldovan Foreign Ministry’s press …

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Serbia to start accession talks with EU in 2014

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger hopes for soon ratification of Stabilization and Association Agreement between Serbia and EU and start of accession talks by 2014 the latest. In his interview for Belgrade daily “Blic” he said that it’s not real all Western Balkan countries to join EU by 2014.

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Commissioner Hammarberg to visit Kosovo

EU Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg kicks off his visit to Kosovo on Thursday. Commissioner Hammarberg will observe the situation of minorities in Kosovo, among which Serbs and Gorans. UN statistics said that last year a total of 2500 refugees returned to Kosovo. Among them were Roma people, who …

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Turkish, Georgian Parliament Speakers Meet In Ankara

The Turkish and Georgian parliament speakers met in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin and Georgia’s Parliament Speaker David Bakradze had a tete-a-tete meeting at the Turkish parliament, and then chaired the meeting between two delegations.

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Moldova starts removing barbed wire on Romania border

The former Soviet republic of Moldova began dismantling the last barbed wire fences along its border with Romania, Moldovan officials said, according to AFP. “In every region there are dismantlement plans that must be adhered to without fail,” Prime Minister Vlad Filat said Wednesday, according to his spokesman Igor Volnitchi. …

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