November, 2011

• 21 November

  Germany not willing to make compromise on Serbia’s EU accession

  Germany does not plan to make a compromise about Serbia’s European integration. Berlin thinks Serbia has to meet all necessary criteria to obtain an EU candidate country status, despite some countries’ call that Belgrade should be awarded. The German diplomacy expects a resumption of the dialog with Pristina and application …

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• 21 November

  Turkey says it can be EU’s growth engine

  Turkey offers the EU more than just security, says the president on the eve of his UK visit and the EU minister adds: ‘Today’s Turkey is much better than yesterday’s.’ Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Turkey could offer the EU more than security assistance with its growing energy resources, population

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• 21 November

  Belgrade continues dialogue with Pristina in Brussels today

  The EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue will continue on Monday in Brussels after a break of some two months, when incidents on the administrative line stopped it. The topics of the talks between Belgrade and Priština today will be university diplomas, representation of Kosovo Albanian authorities in organization, as well as the …

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• 21 November

  Skopje government wants deferred starting date for EU accession talks

  Macedonia is not likely to get a starting date for EU accession negotiations as Greece blocks the move over the unsolved name dispute. According to the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki his country will try to secure a deferred starting date at the upcoming EU Council summit, an idea that …

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• 21 November

  Turkey completes Baku-Tbilisi-Kars tunnel

  Turkey has completed construction of a tunnel to Georgian border within Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project. At present, the operations are underway to complete the project on the Turkish territory.

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• 21 November

  OSCE Director for Conflict Prevention will visit Azerbaijan tomorrow

  Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre Adam Kobieracki will arrive from Georgia to Azerbaijan on Nov.22, the OSCE Office announced. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial

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• 21 November

  Bulgaria agree to build gas pipeline with Turkey

  Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political agreement to build a cross-border gas pipeline, thus declaring the strategic importance of this project to both states, Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on November 19 2011. The move was agreed at a meeting of Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Traicho Traikov

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• 18 November

  Kazakhstan and Belarus take first steps towards Eurasian economic union

  Three ex-Soviet states were Friday to agree the first steps towards creating a Eurasian economic union, a project backed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to bind closer the former USSR.

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• 18 November

  Armenian PM visits Georgia

  An official Armenian delegation led by PM Tigran Sargsyan will head to Batumi, Georgia, on Friday, for a two-day working visit. In Batumi, the delegation will attend 9th Session of the Armenian-Georgian Inter-Governmental Joint Committee. Along the lines of the visit, Tigran Sargsyan will also meet with Georgia’s PM, Nika …

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• 17 November

  EU hails end of political deadlock in Albania

  The EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Thursday welcomed the apparent end of a two-year political stalemate in Albania, after parliament approved two laws that required cross-party consensus. 

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