July, 2011

• 21 July

  Serbia, Montenegro agreed to improve cooperation

  The prime ministers of Montenegro and Serbia have agreed that both countries share a common goal of EU membership, and pledged to support each other towards that end. The announcement came during the first official visit of Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic to Belgrade on Wednesday.

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• 21 July

  Mladic chooses defense lawyer

  Hague indictee Ratko Mladić gave his consent on Wednesday to lawyer Branko Lukić to be his representative before the Hague Tribunal. However, necessary procedures need to be completed for him to be appointed as Mladić’s defense attorney. An authorization signed by Mladić was delivered to the Hague Secretariat.

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• 21 July

  UN, United States hail Goran Hadžić arrest

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Wednesday the arrest of Hague indictee Goran Hadžić. Ban commended Serbian President Boris Tadić and the Serbian authorities

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• 21 July

  Kosovo imposes embargo on Serbia

  Kosovo’s government took decision to put embargo on Serbian goods import, media in Pristine announced. The decision has been taken as reciprocal measure, because Belgrade doesn’t recognizes Kosovo’s customs hallmarks. Kosovo’s government imposed 10% customs duty on goods from Bosnia and Herzegovina, because Sarajevo also repudiates customs hallmarks.

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• 21 July

  Kosovo International Supervision ‘to End in 2012’

  Kosovo’s ‘supervised independence’ will end next year when the International Civilian Office (ICO), who watches the progress, wraps up its mission. ICO, who’s mission is to guide Kosovo through its first years, is scheduled to shut operations by the end of next year. 

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• 21 July

  Albanian PM nominates two new ministers

  Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha nominated two new ministers on Tuesday. Eduard Halimi was named the new minister of justice, and Aldo Bumçi the new minister of culture and tourism.

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• 20 July

  Serbia: Western Balkans has no future without the EU

  At the forum that took place at Belgrade on Tuesday, the participants agreed that without the European Union the Western Balkans would be like in the 90’s. The forum was attended by civil representatives

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• 20 July

  Croatia happy about Hadzic arrest

  Croatia’s Prime Minster Jadranka Kosor on Wednesday hailed the arrest of fugitive Goran Hadzic, accused over massacres and deportations in her country during its 1991-1995 war of independence.

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• 20 July

  EU concerns grow after Turkey announced its position on Cyprus

  As first Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that relations would freeze with the EU during the Greek Cypriot presidency in the latter part of 2012 unless

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• 20 July

  EC report says that Romania and Bulgaria must do more against corruption

  Bulgaria and Romania need to make further progress in judicial reform and in the fight against corruption and, in the case of Bulgaria, also in the fight against organised crime. The reports stress in particular that the judiciary

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