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Catherine Ashton to visit Serbia, Kosovo

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet with top Serbian officials on Thursday in Belgrade, before heading south to Pristina. She will meet with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, the head of Belgrade’s team in the dialogue with Pristina, Borislav Stefanovic, and

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UN official urges Romania to prepare before launch of planned judicial reforms

UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged Romanian authorities Tuesday (May 24th) to make sure key conditions are in place before they introduce four new criminal and civil laws this year. “A reform that truly aims to generate positive changes should foresee prior assessments, …

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Netherlands insists that Serbia must fully co-operate with Hague

Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal reiterated on Wednesday that Serbia’s further progress in the EU integration process will depend on its co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal. Chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will present his report to the UN Security Council next month. The Netherlands insists on Belgrade’s full co-operation, …

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Macedonian PM: People to choose pro-Macedonian or pro-Greek coalition

Macedonia’s Prime Minister and leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski stated in Bitola that Macedonia has choose on the elections on June 5 between a pro-Macedonian and pro-Greek coalition. According to Gruevski smaller rightists parties – of Ljube Boskovski and Ljubco Georgievski worked for the interests of the opposition Social Democratic …

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