June, 2013

• 5 June

  Serbia could get EU integration date in October

  EU leaders could order the European Commission to create a platform for Serbia’s accession at the end of June. A date for the formal launch of negotiations should be determined in October.

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• 5 June

  NORTH CAUCASUS: ENERGY HUB OR JIHADIST HOTBED ?

  The Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013 abruptly brought to attention the situation in the North Caucasus where, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia faces the same threat of radical Islam as the West does elsewhere. Most observers, who label the North Caucasus “Russia’s southern underbelly”, agree that the …

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• 4 June

  Turkish PM vists Algeria

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived on Tuesday in Algeria along with his accompanying delegation for a two-day visit. Upon arrival, Erdogan was received by his Algerian counterpart Abdulmalek Sellal.

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• 4 June

  Serbian PM says his country and Macedonia deserve EU accession date

  “When will Macedonia and Serbia get a date to launch the EU accession talks if not now?” This is what Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said during the joint sitting of the Macedonian and Serbian governments held in Belgrade yesterday.

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• 4 June

  Turkey government apologised to protesters

  Turkey’s government apologised on Tuesday to protesters hurt in clashes with police during days of demonstrations and called for an immediate end to the protests. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc moved to calm

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• 4 June

  Turkish PM says Geneva meeting will not have expected results if Syrian opposition is excluded

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that the US-Russia led Syria peace conference in Geneva, which is planned for June but likely to be pushed back to July, is bound to fail if the Syrian opposition is excluded from the talks.

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• 4 June

  Georgian PM meets NATO special representative

  Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai on Monday. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s residence.

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• 4 June

  Armenia and Croatia to increase bilateral cooperation

  Newly-appointed Croatian ambassador to Armenia Ivan Starčevic (residence in Athens) presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.

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• 4 June

  Greek FM says Skopje should leave Balkan past behind and look for its future

  Macedonia should finally decide to leave behind the Balkan past and instead work constructively for its future. This is what Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.

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• 4 June

  Slovakia back Serbia on EU integration

  Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak stated in Belgrade on Tuesday that Slovakia supports the start of pre-accession talks between Serbia and the EU. Lajčak informed his Serbian counterpart

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