February, 2011

• 2 February

  Montenegro starts public debate on EU suggestions

  Montenegro has opened public debate on the Action Plan for addressing EU recommendations with discussion on the reform of public administration and the fight against organised crime and corruption. “This debate is organised in order to create the best possible document. Our goal isn’t just to have that piece of …

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• 2 February

  Bulgarian honorary consulate in Turkish city of Bursa closed down

  Bulgarian government passed a decision to close down its honorary consulate in the Turkish city of Bursa and to dismiss honorary consul Hayati Korkmaz. Korkmaz’s activity is terminated over the compromising of its position of an honorary consul of Bulgaria to Turkey.

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• 2 February

  Macedonian President seeks Washington’s support for name dispute

  Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is on a visit to Washington since Tuesday. The president is expected to meet with US congressmen, whom he would ask for support in the name dispute with Greece. Yesterday Ivanov met with Senator John McCain.

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• 2 February

  Amnesty International urges EU to insist on Croatia over war crimes

  Amnesty International urged European Union officials to insist that Croatian authorities prosecute all war crimes committed during the 1990s. The EU was also urged to consider AI’s concerns when deciding whether to close the chapter on the judiciary and fundamental rights in Croatia’s accession talks, Program

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• 2 February

  Jerzy Buzek: a compromise on Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen entry will be found

  President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, has stated that a compromise solution will be found for Bulgaria and Romania’s entry to the Schengen zone in the next months. Buzek has stated that the two countries are obliged to fulfill the requirements for entering the Schengen zone.

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• 2 February

  Greece ratified SAA with Serbia

  The Greek parliament has ratified Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, the Greek Embassy in Belgrade announced on Monday (January 31st). Greece is the 12th EU country to ratify the agreement. Germany is expected to ratify it in February and France by the end of April.

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• 2 February

  Serbian war crimes suspect arrested in France

  A former member of the Serbian paramilitary unit the Scorpions has been arrested near Grenoble on Monday (January 31st). Milorad Momic, 47, is suspected of killing Bosniaks in Srebrenica in 1995. Police say he has

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• 2 February

  EC urges Macedonian politicians to dialogue

  Natasha Butler, spokesperson for EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, urged Macedonian politicians Monday (January 31st) to resume dialogue to guarantee the normal functioning of parliament. She voiced the

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• 2 February

  Kosovo municipal courts start processing elections cases

  Kosovo municipal courts have started to process cases dealing with alleged manipulations that occurred during the December snap general elections. The court in Gjakova has

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• 1 February

  UNMIK ready to support Kosovo organ trafficking

  UNMIK is ready to fully support a probe into the Kosovo organ trafficking, the latest report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. It also expresses the expectation that progress will soon be made towards opening the Belgrade-Priština dialogue which has not yet begun due to the toppling of the …

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