August, 2011

• 24 August

  Greek Media outraged by Merkel for calling ‘Macedonia’ instead of FYROM

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has enraged Greek media by calling “Macedonia” the country they state should be only referred to as “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. “It is very important for Serbia to collaborate with Kosovo, for Bosnia to elect a government and for Macedonia to solve the name dispute …

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• 24 August

  EULEX spokesman: Kosovo organ case investigation to start soon

  Nicholas Hawton, an EULEX spokesman stated on Tuesday that recruitment of members of a special team in charge of probing human organ trade allegations “was being finalized” and it should start operating soon. 

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• 24 August

  Angela Merkel presents 3 preconditions for both Serbia and Kosovo EU integration

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her visit to Serbia Tuesday there were three preconditions for Serbia’s European integration. She stressed that getting the candidate status depended on three points: implementing reforms in the country, meeting the

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• 24 August

  Germany and Serbia do not agree on Kosovo

  Serbian officials and experts are still analyzing statements made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Belgrade. Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić is satisfied with the fact that Merkel has supported Serbia’s European integration.

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• 23 August

  Angela Merkel says Kosovo-Serbia Trade is achievable

  A solution to the trade embargo that catalysed three weeks of tension on Kosovo’s northern border earlier this month is achievable, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. In the first visit to Serbia by a German Chancellor in eight years, Merkel met with Serbian president Boris Tadic behind closed doors …

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• 23 August

  Serbs in north to stage protest over courts

  Employees of the Serbian judiciary will stage a peaceful protest in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday, it has been announced. The gathering comes in reaction to announcements by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština authorities that “Kosovo judges and prosecutors would be reinstated in the District Court”.

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• 23 August

  Serbia “ready to invest maximum in dialogue”

  Serbia is ready to invest maximum in dialogue with Priština, but expects the other side to show understanding too, Deputy PM Božidar Đelić said on Monday. “It would be damaging not only for Belgrade and Priština but also for Europe if the dialogue in this important moment were to become …

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• 23 August

  Demonstrators storm Libyan embassy in Bosnia

  A group of demonstrators broke into the Libyan embassy in Sarajevo on Monday, throwing out pictures of embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi, trampling the Libyan flag underfoot, hoisting the rebel one and demanding the ambassador leave. 

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• 23 August

  Russia returns 4th Century BC Greek Scroll to Romania

  After lying forgotten for more than 50 years in Russia, Bucharest has got back a valuable Greek scroll from the 4th Century BC. Romanian archeologists are celebrating the return of an ancient scroll sent to Russia in the 1950s for restoration and never returned.

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• 23 August

  US envoy in Turkey faces Armenian pressure over church remarks

  Armenian clerics and US Armenian groups have been stepping up pressure on the US ambassador to Turkey after the diplomat said most of the Christian churches functioning prior to 1915 are still operating as churches in Turkey.

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