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Romania hopes to join Schengen by March 2011

Romania’s main goal, now that it is a member of the EU and NATO, is to join Schengen by March 2011, Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Saturday. He added that Romanian authorities will exert the maximum effort toward achieving that goal. Speaking at the opening of an immigration service …

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International officials to visit BiH

Senior EU and US officials will visit BiH this week to encourage local leaders to speed up reforms needed for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the country, an unnamed representative of the US embassy in Sarajevo announced Sunday (April 4th). US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Spanish …

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Karadzic to attend resumed trial

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will appear at The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) on April 13th for the resumption of his trial, a member of Karadzic’s defence team, Peter Robinson, said on Saturday (April 3rd). According to Robinson, Karadzic plans to participate fully in the hearings. On Thursday, …

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Inzko on Srebrenica declaration

By adopting the Srebrenica declaration, Serbia has shown its “European face”, says High International Representative in Bosnia Valentin Inzko. “The adoption of this document has a key importance for the process of reconciliation in the whole region. This is a very important step for Serbia, a hard one, but necessary,” …

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EU commissioner on integrations and Kosovo

“EU integrations and Kosovo are separate issues, but bilateral matters should be solved in parallel with the EU integrations process,” says Stefan Fuele. The EU enlargement commissioner said that any country intent on joining the EU must “demonstrate that it has good relations with its neighbors, based on cooperation, tolerance, …

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ICO’s Feith opposes Belgrade elections in northern Kosovo

International Civilian Office (ICO) chief Pieter Feith opposes Belgrade’s plan to organise elections in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo. In an interview with Deutsche Welle on Wednesday (March 31st), Feith said the ICO would only recognise the results of elections organised by Pristina. He added that opening an EU office in Serb-dominated …

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Barack Obama se intalneste cu Traian Basescu la Praga

Presedintele american se va intalni la Praga cu liderii din mai multe tari din Europa Centrala, in cadrul ceremoniei de semnare a noului acord START, programata pentru data de 8 aprilie, informeaza agentia CTK, citata de Mediafax. Liderul de la Casa Alba va avea o intrevedere cu presedintele Romaniei si …

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Moldova- Republic’s Day becomes again Independence Day

Moldova’s Government Thursday approved modifications to article 111 of the Labor Code, replacing the phrase “August 27 – the Republic’s Day” with “August 27 – the Republic’s Independence Day”. According to Moldova’s Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Family Valentina Buliga, this way the holiday will regain its true historical …

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