The International Monetary Fund board will release a new tranche of loans to Romania as soon as the government fulfils conditions agreed during an evaluation mission, an IMF representative said on Monday. “We reached an agreement at the level of experts. As soon as the conditions are met, we can …
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Georgia, Armenia removed from Turkey’s threat lis
The National Security Council of Turkey has taken Georgia and Armenia out of its list of neighboring countries which pose security threats, according to news reports reaching here Monday. The Turkish security council had earlier approved of the change in the list, which previously included Georgia and
Read More »Danish parliamentary delegation visits Serbia
President of the Danish parliament Thor Pedersen said in Belgrade on Monday that Denmark fully supports Serbia’s efforts to become a member of the EU. Addressing journalists at the Serbian National Assembly building, after the signing of the Agreement on inter-parliamentary cooperation between Serbia and Denmark, Pedersen said that he …
Read More »Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: EU accession after Kosovo status resolution
Božidar Đelić says Serbia will say that Kosovo is its part when it answers EU questionnaire questions about the country’s borders, territory and population. The deputy Serbian PM and former U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade William Montgomery both took part in a talk show
Read More »Bulgarian citizenship issuing for Bulgarians in Albania speeded up over the last year and a half
Bulgarian citizenship issuing procedure for people from the Bulgarian communities in Albania has been speeded up. Around 1,000 Bulgarians from Albania have obtained Bulgarian passports over the last years. At the meeting between Bulgarian minister without portfolio in charge of Bulgarian residents abroad, Bozhidar
Read More »UN Secretary-General welcomes dialogue on Kosovo
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština will begin soon. He pointed out that the process will open a new phase in relations between the two parties and help consolidate peace and stability in the
Read More »Syrian President to start Eastern Europe tour
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is expected to visit Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine in the coming days. Assad, during his first visit to those Eastern European countries since he took office in 2000, intends to boost bilateral relations and discuss regional affairs. Cypriot President Demetris Christofias held talks with Assad …
Read More »Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić: Kosovo must be settled before EU accession
Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić has stated that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has to be solved previous to Serbia’ EU accession, which is not viable before 2015. The unanimous decision of the EU foreign ministers to forward Serbia’s EU candidacy application to the European Commission (EC) has been another step …
Read More »Croatian PM says Lisbon Treaty changes won’t affect Croatia’s EU accession
Changes to the Lisbon Treaty will not slow down Croatia’s EU accession, Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Saturday (October 30th), adding that her government expects to close all negotiations chapters in the spring of
Read More »UN Secretary-General Ban invites Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders for talks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu for talks in New York, the UN announced on Saturday (October 30th). The meeting is to take place at UN headquarters on November 18th. The latest round of direct talks to reunify the divided …
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