June, 2011

• 27 June

  Turkish President postpones Bulgarian visit for a week later

  Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul has postponed his visit to neighboring Bulgaria, initially scheduled for July 3 and 4, for a week later, due to the opening of his country’s first new Parliamentary session. Besides his Bulgarian visit, the Turkish President has also postponed his upcoming trip to Montenegro.

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• 27 June

  Greek parliament debates new austerity measures

  The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating the new austerity package that has been demanded by EU leaders. The Greek parliament will this afternoon begin debating a new package of tax increases and spending cuts which, if passed, will guarantee renewed funding from the European Union and IMF.

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• 27 June

  Armenian FM set to visit Georgia

  Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay a working visit to Georgia. Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia Nino Kalandadze praised active Armenia-Georgia relations, noting that bilateral and multilateral relations with be discussed during Nalbandian’s return visit.

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• 27 June

  Serbia urges Bosniak Council to be voted before winter

  As Minorities Minister recommends re-run elections for Bosniak National Council before winter, the Bosniak Cultural Community, BKZ, led by Muamer Zukorlic, gives cool response. Serbia’s new Minister for Human and Minority Rights says fresh elections for the Bosniak National Council, representing the country’s Muslim community, should take place by the …

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• 27 June

  Macedonian Parliament holds first session

  The Macedonian parliament held its first session after the June 5 national poll, despite angry protestors surrounding the assembly building demanding accountability over the fatal police beating that happened on election

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• 27 June

  Kosovo hopes to find a compromise to trade blockade

  Kosovo hopes the two sides can find a compromise to the damaging trade blockade at next week’s meeting of members of CEFTA, the Central European Free Trade Agreement. The head of Kosovo’s dialogue delegation with Serbia, Edita Tahiri, said on Friday that she hoped the trade dispute between Kosovo

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• 24 June

  Macedonian, Greek PMs meet in Brussels

  Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Greece – Nikola Gruevski and Georgios Papandreou, met on Thursday in Brussels. The two declared readiness to solve the long-burning name dispute in the frames of the process within the UN. They also discussed issues of mutual interest for the two countries.

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• 24 June

  EU says Croatia can join the union in 2013

  European Union leaders gave Croatia the green light on Friday to join the bloc as they endorsed the closure of negotiations with Zagreb, a diplomat said. EU leaders meeting in Brussels adopted a declaration commending Croatia for its “intensive efforts, which have allowed accession negotiations to reach their final stage.”

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• 24 June

  Bulgaria wants to join Schengen under current conditions

  Bulgaria will insist on joining the Schengen zone under the current conditions, and only then will consider complying with additional criteria, according to the country’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov. The Bulgarian PM has been firm any additional conditions must be the same for all EU countries. “Currently we have fulfilled …

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• 24 June

  EU Enlargement Commissioner says Macedonia needs to push on with reforms for EU accession

  Enlargement Commissioner tells PM in Brussels to speed up reforms and work on solving ‘name’ row with Greece. Macedonia’s new government has to continue making progress on necessary reforms, or it

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