June, 2011

• 3 June

  Russia says Georgian sabotage groups operate in Abkhazia, South Ossetia

  Russia is concerned about the intensified activity of Georgian security services in the territories of sovereign neighboring republics, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr

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• 3 June

  Mladic: I do not defend myself but my country and my nation

  War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic appeared before the UN war crimes court in the Hague for the first time on Friday, telling judges that he is a “gravely ill man”. “I defended my country and my people,” Mladic said defiantly at the end of Friday’s initial hearing. He repeated

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• 2 June

  Mladic will not be indicted for Croatia crimes

  Serge Brammertz, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has said that his office does not plan to expand the indictment against Mladic to include crimes committed in Croatia allegedly by troops under his command, including killings in Skabrnja in November 1991.

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• 2 June

  Serbia looks for “unconventional” moves in policy toward Kosovo

  Serbian President Boris Tadič has said that “unconventional” moves were necessary in Serbia’s policy toward Kosovo. That would provide a chance “for a new solution”, he said. Tadić also believes that the way in which official Belgrade treated Kosovo in the past was “contrary to the interests of Serbia and …

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• 2 June

  Greek FM: a geographic term is an acceptable solution for Greece for the name dispute with Macedonia

  “A name with a geographic term is an acceptable solution for Greece for the name dispute with Macedonia”, said Greek foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas. He added

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• 2 June

  Serbian President to meet Herman Van Rompuy

  President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will meet Serbian President Boris Tadić in Brussels on June 6. Tadić and Rompuy will have talks on the very same day when ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is due

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• 2 June

  Serbia expects EU negotiations to begin in early 2012

  Serbian President Boris Tadić said that he hoped the EU would set a date for the beginning of accession negotiations for early 2012. According to him, Serbia is not asking for a special treatment from the EU and expects to be treated exactly as Croatia, which obtained the EU candidate …

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• 2 June

  IMF suspends Kosovo aid

  The International Monetary Fund has suspended its 2011 Stand-by Agreement with Kosovo, after Pristina breached the deal by implementing pay raises. The 18-month-deal would have provided Kosovo with 87 million euros in soft loans from the IMF plus another 100 million euros from the European Commission, pledged at a 2008

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• 2 June

  Bosnian Serb MPs drop referendum

  The parliament in Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity has formally dropped a plan to hold a controversial referendum on the state court. The National Assembly of Republika Srpska, RSNA, passed a decision to repeal the

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• 1 June

  Transnistrian parliamentarians in working visit to Russia

  A delegation of Transnistrian parliamentarians, led by chairman of the Transnistrian supreme soviet Anatoly Kaminsky, left for a working visit to Moscow on Tuesday that will last until the end of this week. The visit program includes discussions of cooperation development in the frameworks of bilateral inter-parliamentary and inter-party relations, …

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