May, 2011

• 31 May

  Macedonia’s ruling VMRO-DPMNE leads in election poll

  Macedonia – The ruling VMRO-DPMNE will win most of the votes in Sunday’s (June 5th) elections, according to a survey by IPIS institute, published at the weekend. The poll shows that the ruling party enjoys the support of 22.6% of the

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• 30 May

  NATO wants Western Balkan countries integrated into the alliance

  We all would like to see Western Balkan states completely integrated into the Euro-Atlantic structures. I think the recent arrest of Ratko Mladic is a very important step, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after meeting with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov in Sofia.

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• 30 May

  US supports Moldova’s European aspirations

  The United States of America supports the open door policy towards the countries that want to join the European Union, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a meeting with Head of Parliament and Acting President of Moldova Marian Lupu. Barack Obama said he will continue to support Moldova’s European aspirations …

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• 30 May

  Ukraine looking forward to breakthrough in Transnistria settlement process

  Ukraine hopes for a breakthrough in the Transnistria settlement process in 2011 and for resumption of official negotiations in 5+2 format, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantin Grishenko stated at the session of profiled Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe being held in the Ukrainian …

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• 30 May

  Ukrainian FM visits Romania

  The Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi met recently with his Ukrainian counterpart Konstyantyn Gryshchenko, who was on an official visit to Bucharest. The two ministers agreed on having consultations and working meetings at expert level, on European issues, security policies, energy security, and regional cooperation. “We have stated our shared …

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• 30 May

  Sørensen named EU ambassador to Bosnia

  Peter Sørensen, a Dane, has been appointed the European Union’s new ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The appointment was announced by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, today (30 May), almost a year after the departure of the previous ambassador. 

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• 30 May

  Maldic extradition procedure to take 2-4 days

  The extradition of Ratko Mladić to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will last at least two and maximum four days, according to Serbian government’s coordinator for public relations

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• 30 May

  Croatian President: Mladic should face charges in Croatia

  Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has said that suspected war criminal Ratko Mladic should also face charges for crimes committed in Croatia during the wars in the 1990s. Apart from war crimes committed in Bosnia, it would be just to try Ratko Mladic for the crimes committed in Croatia as well, …

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• 30 May

  Bulgaria wants NATO’s missile defense system to cover the entire country

  Bulgaria has a firm position on the NATO missile defense system – it must cover the entire territory of the country, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Monday. Borisov spoke on Monday at the NATO parliamentary assembly, held between May 27 and May 30 in Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital …

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• 30 May

  Albania’s Electoral College delays decision on Tirana appeal

  The Electoral College, which was supposed to decide Friday (May 27th) on an appeal of the May 8th election results in Tirana, delayed its decision until June 3rd, leaving the winner of the mayoral race still unclear. The two

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