March, 2013

• 13 March

  UN humanitarian chief visits Syrian refugees in Turkey

  The UN’s top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, on Wednesday began a two-day visit to Turkey, meeting Syrian refugees at a camp in southern Anatolia. Speaking at the start of her visit to the southern province of Kilis, Amos, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs

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• 13 March

  Turkish FM to visit southern Diyarbakır

  Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will visit Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır province amidst efforts to end three decades of insurgency. Davutoğlu will travel to Diyarbakır late March 14 to deliver a speech at a university the morning of March 15.

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• 13 March

  Armenian FM to visit Greece

  Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan will leave for a working visit to Berlin on March 13-14 at the invitation of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. He will meet with senior officials representing the

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• 13 March

  OSCE Helps Bosnia Speed Up War Crimes Cases

  The OSCE and Bosnia’s top judicial authority have launched a joint project aimed at accelerate work on war crimes prosecutions by supporting support legal institutions. The project, which started on Monday and will continue for 15 months, is intended to help tackle the huge backlog of outstanding prosecutions

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• 13 March

  Azerbaijani President ends visit to Croatia

  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today ended his official visit to Croatia. A guard of honour was lined up for the President of Azerbaijan at the Zagreb Airport.

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• 13 March

  Greek Cyprus bailout looms over EU summit

  The heads of states of European countries are gathering at a two-day EU summit, where they will be tackling the long-standing issue of forming a bailout plan for Greek Cyprus. The freshly elected Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades is holding his breath to come up trumps at the summit. European Union …

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• 12 March

  Romania’s goal to join euro in 2015 ‘unfeasible’: president

  Romania’s goal to join the eurozone in 2015 is “unfeasible”, President Traian Basescu told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The 2015 deadline for entering the eurozone looks unfeasible to me,” Basescu said in a speech to parliament. “But it is essential for us to adopt the single currency within the next three …

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• 12 March

  Serbia Marks Tenth Anniversary of Djindjic Murder

  Thousands marched through Belgrade carrying red roses as the city marked the passing of a decade since the assassination of pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.Thousands of people gathered in front of the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in Belgrade on Tuesday for their annual procession through the capital commemorating …

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• 12 March

  Bulgaria Appoints Caretaker Govt Ahead of Polls

  A caretaker government has been appointed to run Bulgaria ahead of early general elections in May, the President announced.Marin Raykov will head Bulgaria’s caretaker government until the May 12 elections, the Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev announced on Tuesday. “The prime minister should be a good diplomat. He must be sensible …

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• 12 March

  Serbia President Eyes Deal on North Kosovo

  Ahead of the next round of Kosovo talks, Serbia’s President says a deal on the Serb-run north is within reach now that Kosovo has agreed to certain ‘concessions’.Tomislav Nikolic said that a deal between Kosovo and Serbia over northern Kosovo was within sight, following talks in Brussels in which Kosovo …

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