October, 2011

• 11 October

  NATO leaders say the US shield will help protect Balkans and the United States

  Political and military leaders from NATO have praised a new US defence system installed in Europe saying it will help protect the Balkans as well the US. “The anti-missile shield installed by the United States in Europe is efficient, as recent tests show, and a good investment,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, …

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• 10 October

  Belgrade to continue talks with Pristina in 2012

  The dialog between Belgrade and Pristina will not continue most probably. The actual negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia will resume in the spring of 2012. The EU mediator Robert Cooper did not manage to persuade Serbia’s chief negotiator Borislav Stefanovic into continuing the talks about telecommunication, energy and regional cooperation.

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• 10 October

  Romania will keep KFOR troops

  Romania will continue to participate in the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR), Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest. Basescu said Romania is maintaining its stance and does not recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence until Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement.

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• 10 October

  Skopje expects EC report to be of principle

  Macedonia expects a real report from the European Commission (EC), said Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska. In minister’s words, the report will be a guide of the reforms, which need to be done during the next time period. “This year again I expect a report of principle, which will give …

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• 10 October

  Preşedintele României, Traian Băsescu, cere retragerea trupelor ruse din Transnistria

  Traian Băsescu a reiterat luni, la Adunarea Parlamentară a NATO, poziţia României privind retragerea trupelor ruse din Transnistria. De asemenea, a încurajat Republica Moldova să se apropie şi mai mult de NATO. “Reiteram, în acest context, susţinerea noastră pentru integritatea teritorială a Republicii Moldova şi

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• 10 October

  Greece to drop one-day visa requirement for Turks in western Thrace

  The Greek government is preparing to remove visa requirements for Turkish citizens who make one-day visits to western Thrace. Greece started the legal process to remove the one-day visas and it is

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• 10 October

  EU facilitator Robert Cooper visits Pristina

  EU facilitator in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue Robert Cooper will meet with the representatives of the Kosovo Albanian institutions in Priština on Monday. Head of the Kosovo Albanian delegation in the dialogue with Belgrade Edita Tahiri confirmed she will meet with Cooper, who

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• 10 October

  Moldova, Ukraine to speed up demarcation of their joint border

  Ukraine and Moldova have agreed to intensify work on the demarcation of their joint border, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov was quoted as saying by the press on 4 October. He noted that on 26-27 September, Acting Moldovan President and Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu made an official visit to …

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• 10 October

  Romania hopes to increase bilateral relations with China

  The development of bilateral relations in all fields of mutual interest is one of Romania’s priorities. Wide partnership of friendship and cooperation with China assures the general policy framework in which we are determined to act for the recovery

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• 10 October

  Bulgaria to set up Danube navigation information system

  Bulgaria’s government has moved to absorb EU money for the creation of an information system of the navigation of the Danube River. The project will cost BGN 35.4 M, with 85% of that coming from EU funds under the Operational Program

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