November, 2011

• 7 November

  Serbs in north stop several KFOR vehicles

  Serbs in northern Kosovo early on Monday stopped and turned back several KFOR vehicles on the road leading to the Jarinje administrative checkpoint. Their local representatives said the passage of NATO troops was “not harmonized with heads of local self-governments in northern Kosovo”.

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• 7 November

  Georgia-Russia WTO agreement to be signed on Nov. 10

  A text of an agreement on the Georgian-Russian WTO negotiations has been already initialed by the parties and the document will be signed on Nov.10, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said at a traditional briefing on Monday. “It is important that this agreement has been reached and the process …

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• 7 November

  Serbia wants to join Caspian gas project (AGRI)

  Serbian President Boris Tadic said that the country wants to join the Azerbaijan- Georgia-Romania-Interconnection liquefied natural gas project as it seeks to diversify its supplies. Serbia currently imports gas only from Russia through Ukraine and Hungary. 

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• 7 November

  Greece’s two biggest parties to choose new Prime Minister

  The leaders of Greece’s two biggest parties are due to resume talks Monday to agree on who should be the country’s new prime minister, after reaching a historic power-sharing deal to push through a massive financial rescue deal that will prevent imminent bankruptcy.

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• 7 November

  Bulgaria’s Ethnic Turkish Party wants presidential vote cancelled

  Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) believes that there are reasons for seeking a cancellation of end-October’s presidential elections and remains ready to discuss various methods of contesting the results.

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• 7 November

  Six balkan countries met in Kosovo to boost security cooperation

  Six Balkan defence ministers, minus Serbia’s, meeting in Kosovo, have pledged to work closer together on tackling regional stability. Defence Ministers from Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo meeting in Peja, Kosovo, agreed on Friday to boost cooperation on regional security issues.

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• 4 November

  Georgian FM to visit Armenia

  Georgia’s FM Grigol Vashadze will arrive in Armenia, on November 7, for a working visit. Vashadze will be received by President Serzh Sargsyan. Grigol Vashadze will also meet with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian.

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• 4 November

  Georgian PM: Russia’s joining WTO, a step forward

  Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri called the agreement reached on Russia’s joining the WTO as a step forward.

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• 4 November

  Jose Manuel Barroso: it is up to Greece to decide its own future

  European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it was up to Greece to decide whether it should stay in the euro area or not and not to the authorities in the monetary union. “We would like them to stay… in the end it depends on them,” he said. He added …

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• 4 November

  EC to make a plan in case Greece leaves the euro area

  The European Commission (EC) has ordered an action plan to be worked out in case Greece leaves the euro area. The issue has been discussed during the G20 summit in Cannes in the frames of informal consultations. “The situation in the euro area has drastically changed after the decision to …

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