August, 2011

• 30 August

  Montenegro: Opposition leaders want to boycott the parliament

  Montenegro’s opposition is seriously considering walking out of the national parliament and local assemblies if an agreement is not reached on the status of the Serbian language in the country’s education system. The opposition is considering the boycott as a solution if agreement is not reached quickly on the status …

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• 30 August

  Dodik says the political deadlock in Bosnia will end once there is ‘enough’ compromise

  Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik says the Serb-run entity will end the political logjam over Bosnia’s institutions immediately if there is sufficient compromise. Milorad Dodik said Bosnia-Herzegovina’s top decision-making body, the Council of Ministers, could be formed immediately if the Bosnian Serbs got the ministeries they sought.

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• 29 August

  Turkey will return seized properties to Bulgaria

  The Turkish government has published a decree for the returning of all properties seized by the Turkish State in the last 75 years to minorities, their foundations or individual representatives.

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• 29 August

  UN Security Council meeting on Kosovo was postponed for Tuesday

  The UN Security Council has postponed its meeting on Kosovo for Tuesday morning. The meeting was scheduled for Monday morning, but the problems caused by inclement weather in New York resulted in the postponement. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present his quarterly report on Kosovo during the meeting, but the …

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• 29 August

  Montenegro officials to discuss language problem again

  Montenegro’s PM Igor Lukšić and opposition leaders will meet for a forth time in a bid to agree on the status of the Serbian language in the education system. Lukšić suggested that

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• 29 August

  Poposki on official visit to Croatia

  Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki will pay official visit to Croatia on Monday. Poposki’s visit to Croatia is part of his first mini Balkan tour since he was elected as the new foreign minister of Macedonia. He will meet Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his Croatian counterpart Goran …

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• 29 August

  Turkish FM landed in Bosnia

  Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will hold talks with the members of the BiH Presidency, the High Representative and the leaders of the main Bosniak political parties. Together with Grand Mufti Çeriç, Davutoglu will greet Turkish citizens and kinsmen in Sarajevo …

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• 29 August

  Abkhazia elections not recognized by EU and NATO

  The European Union and NATO refused to recognise the elections in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, held on Friday, which saw Alexander Ankvab, a Moscow loyal, earn a resounding victory. Alexander Ankvab, a former pro-Russian businessman who was appointed acting president after the death of Georgia’s president in May, won …

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• 29 August

  US prosecutor will investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations

  Authorities in Kosovo have appointed a US prosecutor to investigate allegations linking prime minister Hashim Thaci and other senior figures to organ trafficking. “John Clint Williamson from the United States has been appointed lead prosecutor for the EULEX Special Investigative Task Force,” the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo …

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• 29 August

  Thaci announces border deal with NATO

  Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaci on Friday announced he had reached a deal with NATO over two disputed border posts, which could settle the crisis that has engulfed Kosovo’s majority Serb north. The government in Pristina “has reached an agreement for preserving the newly established situation at the border,” Thaci …

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