November, 2011

• 29 November

  EU to discuss Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession on December 9

  The EU summit on December 9 will discuss Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bid. In September the Netherlands and Finland blocked the two countries’ entry into the passport-free Schengen Area. Technically both Romania and Bulgaria are fit to join, but the Netherlands and Finland imposed a veto over corruption issues in …

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• 29 November

  UN Security Council will hold session on Kosovo

  The UN Security Council will hold a session on Kosovo and Metohija in New York on Tuesday; it will be attended by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić. The Security Council will meet to hear a regular quarterly update on the situation in Kosovo from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In …

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• 29 November

  EU Commission adopted Eastern Neighbourhood action plan

  On 28 November, the European Commission adopted the second part of the 2011 regional Action Plan for the Eastern Neighbourhood, addressing challenges in sectors relevant for the whole region, such as integrated border management, territorial co-operation, youth, climate change and transport.

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• 29 November

  Armenian President visits Georgia

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s plane landed at the Tbilisi Airport. He arrived in Georgia on a two-day visit. During the visit, agreements on cooperation in the border, transport and culture spheres will be signed.

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• 29 November

  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visits Greece to discuss Cyprus

  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel on Sunday to Athens, where he will deliver symbolically important support to Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. He will also meet with President Karolos Papoulias and the leaders of the two largest Greek political parties. Biden is expected to discuss Cyprus and …

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• 29 November

  Many people injured in North Kosovo clashes

  At least 25 NATO soldiers have been injured in the last 24 hours in clashes with Serbs in northern Kosovo after peacekeepers moved in to take down barricades blocking roads. The violent confrontations have raised fears that tensions are spinning out of control in the Serb-run enclave on the border …

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• 29 November

  Nikola Gruevski sends letter to Greek PM urging him to end EU accession blockade

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has written to his recently elected Greek counterpart, Lucas Papademos, urging him to lift the three-year-long Greek blockade of Macedonia’s EU accession talks.

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• 28 November

  Serbs shoot two NATO soldiers in North Kosovo

  Kosovo Serbs shot and wounded two soldiers from the NATO-led KFOR force stationed in northern Kosovo during clashes on Monday. The violence erupted after KFOR seized control of a roadblock in Zupce on the Mitrovica-Brnjak road, the latest incident between the peacekeepers and Serbs. “The demonstrators used small firearms, wounding …

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• 28 November

  KFOR removes barricade in Northern Kosovo

  KFOR soldiers this morning used an armored vehicle “to move a barricade” set up in the village of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Porok, said reports. After this action by the members of the NATO forces in Kosovo, sirens were heard alerting the population of this Serb region in …

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• 28 November

  Serbian Parliamentary Committee to discuss Kosovo

  The Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo-Metohija is expected to meet today and discuss the results of the latest round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue. 

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