February, 2011

• 8 February

  Albania’s ruling party prepares for May 8th local elections

  Albania’s ruling Democratic Party has started preparations for the May 8th local elections. The country’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha told the National Council on Sunday (February 6th) that the government’s

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• 8 February

  US ambassador to Kosovo says the new government should be ready to face challenges

  US Ambassador to Kosovo Christopher Dell has reiterated his view about Kosovo’s need for a “clean-handed” and legitimate government. Dell said that the new government should be successful and ready to face

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• 7 February

  Priština to hold talks on forming new government

  Talks will officially begin on Monday on the forming of a new Kosovo government in Priština. This comes after elections where Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo won a majority of votes, but not enough to form government alone. 

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• 7 February

  UN Security Council to discuss about Kosovo on Feb. 16

  The UN Security Council will discuss the situation in Kosovo and the latest report by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at a meeting scheduled for February 16. The UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is willing to support an

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• 7 February

  Demonstrators in Egypt continue to protest

  Egyptians demanding regime change are continuing protests in Tahrir Square. The demonstrators insist they are going nowhere until President Hosni Mubarak quits. Mubarak’s new cabinet was holding its first full meeting today since a reshuffle. But this and talks between Vice President Omar Suleiman and opposition groups including the banned …

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• 7 February

  PACE President will visit Moldova

  The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Çavuşoğlu will pay an official visit to Moldova on February 8 and 9, at the invitation of Head of Parliament Marian Lupu.

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• 7 February

  EU threatens Balkan countries with reimposing visas because false asylum seekers

  False asylum seekers could bring back EU visas for Serbia and other countries, warnings from Brussels said. As Serbian government officials delivered their answers to the EU questionnaire recently, they were told that a “concrete strategy to reduce the number of illegal immigrants needed to be created”. The European Union …

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• 7 February

  Italian Foreign Minister visits Belgrade

  Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini will visit Belgrade on Monday. Frattini will meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Božidar Đelić and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić. The Italian FM will discuss with Serbian officials the country’s EU integration and regional cooperation, in light of the …

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• 7 February

  Turkish Foreign Minister to visit Georgia

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have an official visit to Georgia on Feb.11-12.  Davutoglu is set to hold meetings in Batumi and Tbilisi. During the visit it is not planned to conclude a memorandum on cultural monuments between the two countries, but this issue may be discussed.

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• 7 February

  Bulgaria and Romania to join Schengen when they are ready, even if it takes years

  Bulgaria and Romania must take as much time as they need in order to get one hundred percent ready for joining the Schengen Area, which will probably not be just a few months, according to the French EU

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