December, 2011

• 2 December

  Balkan officials meet to strengthen cooperation against organised crime

  Judicial experts from the region meeting in Belgrade pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organised crime in Southeastern Europe. Regional judicial experts meeting in Serbia at a summit on organized crime in Southeastern

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• 2 December

  Skopje officials seek timeframe for settling the name dispute with Greece

  In a bid to end the stalemate over Macedonia’s name, Macedonia is proposing a time-frame to Greece to settle the dispute that is blocking the country’s accession to the EU and NATO. Macedonia is proposing that at the December 9 EU Council

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November, 2011

• 30 November

  Serbian FM says UN must prevent unilateral actions in Kosovo

  Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić asked Tuesday the UN Security Council to ensure that unilateral actions are no longer allowed. The security situation in our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija has been greatly aggravated since the end of the previous reporting period,” Jeremić said.

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• 30 November

  France could block start of Montenegro’s EU accession talks

  The European Commission on Tuesday for the first time implied that Montenegro probably would not get a date for the start of the accession talks on December 9. The European Council should make a decision on December 9.

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• 30 November

  Georgian President says that Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be solved for development of the region

  The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the pain of the Caucasus, said the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the Georgian-Armenian business forum. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan also participated in the forum.

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• 30 November

  Time is running for Bosnia to reform constitution

  Time is running out for Bosnia to agree on changes to the constitution meeting objections from the European Court of Human Rights. A November 30 deadline is fast approaching for Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement a 2009 European Court of Human Rights decision on eligibility for high office.

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• 30 November

  Bulgaria-Turkey gas pipe could start within a year

  Construction on the Bulgaria-Turkey gas interconnection could start as early as next year, Bulgarian Minister for Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov has said. Minister Traikov was speaking after an energy conference in Sofia today.

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• 30 November

  Belgrade and Pristina resume talks

  As tensions and sporadic clashes continue in Serb-run northern Kosovo, the Kosovo and Serbian governments are set to return to the negotiating table in Brussels on Wednesday. Teams from Belgrade and Pristina have travelled to Brussels for the eighth round of EU-mediated talks, where they are to discuss border management, …

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• 30 November

  Croatia orders release of war crimes suspect Boljkovac

  Constitutional Court orders release of 89-year-old former interior minister, detained over killings that took place in 1945. Boljkovac was released from custody on Tuesday evening after the court upheld an appeal from Boljkovac’s attorney, Anto Nobilo.

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• 29 November

  Armenia and Georgia sign cooperation agreements

  At the sidelines of Serge Sargsyan’s visit to Georgia, a top-level meeting of delegations of the two countries attended by, apart from the President of Armenia, Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan was held on Tuesday.

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