August, 2011

• 29 August

  Montenegro officials to discuss language problem again

  Montenegro’s PM Igor Lukšić and opposition leaders will meet for a forth time in a bid to agree on the status of the Serbian language in the education system. Lukšić suggested that

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• 29 August

  Poposki on official visit to Croatia

  Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki will pay official visit to Croatia on Monday. Poposki’s visit to Croatia is part of his first mini Balkan tour since he was elected as the new foreign minister of Macedonia. He will meet Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his Croatian counterpart Goran …

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• 29 August

  Turkish FM landed in Bosnia

  Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will hold talks with the members of the BiH Presidency, the High Representative and the leaders of the main Bosniak political parties. Together with Grand Mufti Çeriç, Davutoglu will greet Turkish citizens and kinsmen in Sarajevo …

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• 29 August

  Abkhazia elections not recognized by EU and NATO

  The European Union and NATO refused to recognise the elections in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, held on Friday, which saw Alexander Ankvab, a Moscow loyal, earn a resounding victory. Alexander Ankvab, a former pro-Russian businessman who was appointed acting president after the death of Georgia’s president in May, won …

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• 29 August

  US prosecutor will investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations

  Authorities in Kosovo have appointed a US prosecutor to investigate allegations linking prime minister Hashim Thaci and other senior figures to organ trafficking. “John Clint Williamson from the United States has been appointed lead prosecutor for the EULEX Special Investigative Task Force,” the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo …

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• 29 August

  Thaci announces border deal with NATO

  Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaci on Friday announced he had reached a deal with NATO over two disputed border posts, which could settle the crisis that has engulfed Kosovo’s majority Serb north. The government in Pristina “has reached an agreement for preserving the newly established situation at the border,” Thaci …

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• 29 August

  Serbian President to discuss again Kosovo with Angela Merkel

  Serbia’s President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to resume dialogue on Kosovo this after last week’s public spat on Serbia’s role in its former province. Serbia’s President is expected to hold new talks with Germany’s leader following last week’s dispute on Belgrade’s role in Kosovo.

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• 26 August

  Serbian President: Kosovo could delay Serbia’s EU bid

  Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday raised the possibility that Serbia will not become an EU candidate member state by the end of the year due to the dispute over Kosovo. “We have to frankly tell our citizens that there is a possibilitythat we will not obtain the candidate status …

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• 26 August

  Serbia will become EU candidate in December, says Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić

  Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić is confident that Serbia will get the EU candidate status in December. He underscored that he would resign if this did not happen.

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• 26 August

  Montenegrim official says the relations with Serbia are lower than it is necessary

  Milo Đukanović says that the relations between Montenegro and Serbia are at significantly lower level than it is necessary and possible. The leader of the ruling Montenegrin DPS party and the former

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