August, 2011

• 11 August

  Cyprus FM to make first official visit to Greece

  Erato Markoulli, Cyprus newly-appointed foreign minister, is expected in Athens Thursday for her first official visit to Greece. She is set to have talks with her counterpart Stavros Lambrinidis who is just back from an official visit to Denmark. Markoulli is also expected to hold meetings with leaders or representatives …

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• 11 August

  Serbia to sign IMF stand-by agreement

  Serbia is expected to sign a new stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Serbian economics minister Nebojsa Ciric. The minister said that the government would continue to discuss

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• 11 August

  Belgrade chief negotiator: crisis in north Kosovo is over

  Belgrade team head Borislav Stefanović has stated that the crisis in north Kosovo is over. He stressed that it was unacceptable to allow Priština to establish its institutions in the north, or to have the state of Serbia ousted from Kosovo.

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• 11 August

  German FM says Belgrade and Pristina should continue dialogue

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met in Thursday in Priština with Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci. Westerwelle said that the agreement on resolution of the crisis in the north of Kosovo should be implemented by all sides and that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština ought to be continued as …

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• 11 August

  KFOR commander says the situation in northern Kosovo is stable

  The situation in north Kosovo is calming down and the agreement on the north should soon be fully prepared, KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler said on Wednesday. After a meeting with UNMIK Regional Representative Anil Vasisht, Buhler said that a number of points of the agreement for the north had already …

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• 10 August

  Montenegrin PM to negotiate EU requirements with opposition

  Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic will speak to opposition parties about election reform, following seven failed attempts to pass a law over the past months. “In the coming days I will initiate political consultations with representatives of the opposition on the topic of European integration in an attempt to reach …

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• 10 August

  Estonian FM visits Serbia to discuss EU integration

  Urmas Paet, Estonia’s foreign minister, has begun a two-day visit to Belgrade to discuss the country’s prospects for EU integration. Paet is expected to hold meetings with Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, Economy

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• 10 August

  Serbians started removing barricades in North Kosovo

  Serbians started removing barricades in North Kosovo. Trucks and heavy mechanization was removed last night from the road to Yarine border checkpoint. Mayor of Leposavic Municipality Brznko Ninic stated that removal of barricades is part of the agreement reached between Serbia and KFOR.

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• 10 August

  Turkish PM to visit Bulgaria in September

  Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Bulgaria in September 2011. Erdogan will hold talks with Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, President Georgi Purvanov and other top officials, the reports said. On the agenda will be bilateral relations and the Nabucco energy project.

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• 10 August

  Russia urges NATO to prevent violence in Kosovo

  The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the EU, NATO and the UN to prevent Priština from taking control over parts where Serbs are the majority by force. “Unfortunately, it is very likely that despite the agreement on refraining from military from August 5, Priština might

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