September, 2011

• 20 September

  UN Mediator ‘Won’t Visit Greece or Macedonia Soon’

  The UN envoy in the Greece-Macedonia ‘name’ talks, Matthew Nimetz, has no plans to visit Athens and Skopje any time soon, Greek media report him as saying in New York. Greek media reported that Nimetz said this after a meeting in New York with the Greek Foreign Minister, Stavros Lambrinidis, …

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• 20 September

  Serbia’s EU progress hailed by Brussels

  Bozidar Djelic started a two-day visit to Brussels on Monday to lobby for Serbia in the run-up to the expected publication of a European Commission “opinion”, or “avis” on Serbia’s possible candidate status. After meeting Enlargement Commissioner Fuele, Djelic said Fuele had especially commended Serbia’s good results in reforming justice, …

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• 19 September

  Serbia introduces taxes in North Kosovo

  The Serbian government has decided to bring North Kosovo back into Serbia’s tax system, cancelling the regulation about customs procedure at border checkpoints, which actually means that Serbia will collect VAT in North Kosovo again.

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• 19 September

  Serbian Deputy PM to meet with EU commissioner

  Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Đelić began his two-day visit to Brussels, where he will hold bilateral meetings with officials of the European Commission and parliament. He will also open the “Serbia Days in European Parliament”.

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• 19 September

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with K. Albanian officials

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Kosovo officials that “Kosovo institutions should coordinate their activities with the international missions”. Ban said they should “coordinate with KFOR and EULEX in establishing peace in north Kosovo” – according to a statement issued in Priština.

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• 19 September

  Turkey threatens to freeze relations with EU over Cyprus

  EU candidate Turkey has again threatened to freeze relations with the bloc over the thorny topic of Cyprus. Ankara is angry at plans to give internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot authorities the EU’s rotating presidency next July.

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• 19 September

  EP President Jerzy Buzek says Moldova needs political stability and elected President to join the EU

  Just after EP gave green light for Moldova’s prospects of joining the EU, Jerzy Buzek said: “Today, we specifically underlined Moldova’s EU perspectives. The perspective offered to Moldova by the Council, the Commission and the EEAS would encourage the country to pursue reforms”, he said. 

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• 19 September

  French President will visit South Caucasus countries in early October

  On October 6-7, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will have a tour of South Caucasus, with visits to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The meetings with the South Caucasus states are expected to focus on cooperation perspectives and improvement of bilateral ties.

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• 19 September

  Greek officials will hold conference call with EU, IMF to prevent default

  The Greek government prepared for crisis talks with European and International Monetary Fund officials Monday amid intensifying fears of potential default after euro-zone finance ministers last week further delayed a decision on the nation’s next round of financial aid.

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• 19 September

  Major roads in Northern Kosovo remain blocked

  All major roads in northern Kosovo remain blocked but the situation remains calm following the deployment of EU police and Kosovo customs officials to border crossings with Serbia last Friday. Serbs in northern Kosovo have strengthened barricades on major roads and are reportedly refusing to remove them until Kosovo police …

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