May, 2011

• 26 May

  European Parliament President welcomes Mladić arrest

  President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek welcomed on Thursday the arrest of former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladić. Mladić’s arrest is a proof of Serbia’s efforts in

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• 26 May

  Catherine Ashton to visit Serbia, Kosovo

  EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet with top Serbian officials on Thursday in Belgrade, before heading south to Pristina. She will meet with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, the head of Belgrade’s team in the dialogue with Pristina, Borislav Stefanovic, and

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• 26 May

  Ratko Mladic was arrested

  Ratko Mladic has been arrested, Serbian President Boris Tadic has confirmed. Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Mladic was arrested in Serbia on Thursday, and that the extradition process is underway.

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• 26 May

  EU watches election developments in Albania

  The outcome of the May 8th local elections is being closely watched by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. In a

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• 26 May

  New contempt charges filed against Seselj

  The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Tuesday (May 24th) it has filed contempt of court charges against Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj for the third time.

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• 26 May

  UN official urges Romania to prepare before launch of planned judicial reforms

  UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged Romanian authorities Tuesday (May 24th) to make sure key conditions are in place before they introduce four new criminal and civil laws this year. “A reform that truly aims to generate positive changes should foresee prior assessments, …

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• 26 May

  Netherlands insists that Serbia must fully co-operate with Hague

  Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal reiterated on Wednesday that Serbia’s further progress in the EU integration process will depend on its co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal. Chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will present his report to the UN Security Council next month. The Netherlands insists on Belgrade’s full co-operation, …

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• 25 May

  Belgrade will not sign agreements with Priština

  Head of Belgrade’s negotiating team Borislav Stefanović has said that no agreement will be signed with representatives of Priština’s negotiating team. He added that the agreements that the two parties could reach would be implemented by the governments and monitored by the European Union.

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• 25 May

  Serbia’s decision to boycott Warsaw summit is final

  Decision of the Serbian President Boris Tadic not to take part in the summit of the Central and South Eastern European countries which will be held on May 27 and 28 in Warsaw is final and there will be compromise, Tadic office announced. The Serbian President has decided to boycott …

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• 25 May

  Macedonian PM: People to choose pro-Macedonian or pro-Greek coalition

  Macedonia’s Prime Minister and leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski stated in Bitola that Macedonia has choose on the elections on June 5 between a pro-Macedonian and pro-Greek coalition. According to Gruevski smaller rightists parties – of Ljube Boskovski and Ljubco Georgievski worked for the interests of the opposition Social Democratic …

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