August, 2011

• 9 August

  EU watches Kosovo’s situation carefully

  Foreign ministers of Germany and the UK, Guido Westerwelle and William Hague, have warned that Serbia and Kosovo will miss an “historic opportunity” unless “they find a diplomatic solution to their differences”. 

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• 9 August

  Macedonia to mark Ohrid Peace Anniversary

  Macedonian politicians and dignitaries are expected to attend the ten year anniversary of the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord on Saturday. The deal, which was signed on 13 August 2001, in the lake resort of Ohrid in southwestern Macedonia, ended almost a year of armed

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• 9 August

  U.S. urges Russia to back off Georgia

  Washington calls on Moscow to pull troops out of parts of Georgia and honor a 2008 cease-fire that ended conflict there, the US State Department said. Moscow and Tbilisi traded insults Monday, the third anniversary of a Russian military response to Georgia’s invasion of the separatist republic of South Ossetia …

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• 9 August

  Macedonia compromise with Greece is possible, says Teuta Arifi

  Currently major priority of the new deputy prime minister in charge of European integration, Teuta Arifi is completing the tasks of the EU Commission annual report about Macedonia. Teuta Arifi said: “It is early to say whether positive or negative, but we are going to receive good and correct report”. …

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• 9 August

  Belgrade-Pristina could continue in early September

  Belgrade Kosovo talks team chief Borislav Stefanović expects that the dialogue with the Kosovo Albanian representatives to resume in Brussels on September 5. The issue of customs stamps will be discussed at that meeting, said Stefanović.

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• 9 August

  German FM visits Montenegro

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has commenced a two-day visit to Podgorica to discuss European Union integration and economic opportunities with Montenegro.

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• 9 August

  Egyptian FM to visit Turkey for the first time, to discuss bilateral relations

  Egypt’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is going to make his first visit abroad to Turkey to discuss developments in the region and bilateral relations. The foreign minister is scheduled to

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• 9 August

  US secretary for Europe and Eurasia says Bosnia must progress much more

  Bosnia and Herzegovina has not made significant political and social progress over the past four years, US diplomat Thomas Countryman says. The US deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs said that Bosnia is no closer to the EU and NATO than it had been four years ago. He

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• 9 August

  Serbs in Norhtern Kosovo will help implement KFOR agreement

  Serbian President Boris Tadic has spoken to Serbs from northern Kosovo to discuss implementation of the KFOR agreement aimed at easing tension in the region. The news comes just three days after the government of Kosovo reached an agreement with NATO-led KFOR personnel late on Friday to restore long-term stability …

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• 5 August

  Greek PM urges EU to move fast on debt rescue

  Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou urged Greece’s European partners on Friday to move fast to enact a recent summit deal on a second rescue for Greece, intended also to prevent contagio. “The decisions having been taken by the leaders, the appropriate European institutions as well as member-states should proceed now …

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