July, 2011

• 28 July

  Albanian FM urges Kosovo-Serbia dialogue

  Albania’s ministry of foreign affairs has called for renewed dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade after a Kosovo policeman died in clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Tuesday.

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• 28 July

  KFOR takes over control of Kosovo northern checkpoints

  Administrative line crossings between nothern Kosovo and central Serbia have been placed under KFOR’s control since last night. The talks held between representatives of the Serbian government – Goran Bogdanović and Borislav Stefanović – and KFOR commander

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• 28 July

  Serbian President condemns violence in Kosovo

  Serbian President Boris Tadić condemned violence in Kosovo and warned that attacks against KFOR and EULEX were against interests of residents of Kosovo and the state of Serbia. “I condemn the violence in the strongest terms,” said the Serbia president, who addressed the issue twice during Wednesday evening after a …

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• 28 July

  UN Security Council to hold consultations on Kosovo

  The UN Security Council is expected to hold consultations behind closed doors on Thursday afternoon and debate the current situation in Kosovo. “The Security Council has decided to hold consultations behind closed doors on July 28, when the UN Secretariat will brief the council member countries on the current situation …

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• 28 July

  Hashim Thaci says that Serbia is to be blamed for riots

  Hashim Thaci accused late on Wednesday, at an extraordinary press conference, the “parallel structures of Serbia in northern Kosovo” of organizing the riots.

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• 27 July

  Azeri-Turkish council to hold its first meeting in Turkey

  The very first meeting of a high-level strategic council between Ankara and Baku will be held in Turkey, announced Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday during an official visit to the Azerbaijani capital. Erdoğan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev held a two-hour meeting upon the Turkish prime minster’s …

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• 27 July

  Bulgaria ‘Worried’ About Tension in Northern Kosovo

  The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a statement of “strong worry” about the wosened situation in Northern Kosovo Tuesday. Tensions flared after end of last week Serbia refused to lift a trade embargo agaisnt Kosovo, which led Kosovo to impose the same.

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• 27 July

  Serbia requests UN Security Council session on Kosovo

  In the wake of this week’s flare-up of tension and violence in northern Kosovo, Serbia has asked for a UN Security Council session dedicated to the problem, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade.

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• 27 July

  International Civilian Office (ICO) says that Kosovo’s border action was legitimate

  The International Civilian Office (ICO) says it is important that the situation in Kosovo be resolved in a peaceful manner, through talks and dialogue. The Kosovo government has the right to ensure the functioning of a proper administration, including that which refers to borders and custom control,” the office headed …

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• 26 July

  Serbia’s local and parliamentary elections will be held in the end of April

  Parliamentary elections in Serbia will be held in the end of April, as decided at the meeting of the leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition with President Boris Tadic. The leaders have reached agreement for the parliamentary and local elections, as well as the elections in Vojvodina, to …

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